But, for the sake of others, not yet so completely emancipated from the yoke of facts, I simply ask at what date it was that the liberal administrations of this country adopted the “permanent sentiment” and the “matter of principle” which have been their ruin?
Morley challenges the liberal administrations to reflect on when they adopted principles that led to their downfall.
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