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Yet all these things have been done; and done by other agencies than theirs, and despite their opposition.
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John Morley
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gutenberg.orgJohn Morley: “Yet all these things have been done; and done by other agencies than theirs, and despite their opposition.”
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Morley asserts that significant societal changes were achieved by forces outside the traditional power structures, often in opposition to them.
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