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He felt that the stake he was playing for was something vaster than Britain's standing among the powers of Europe.
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John Morley
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gutenberg.orgJohn Morley: “He felt that the stake he was playing for was something vaster than Britain's standing among the powers of Europe.”
Editor's note · Context
Morley explains that Pitt understood the broader implications of the Seven Years' War beyond mere territorial gains.
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