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John Morley: He told them how, after an experience now becoming long, the one standing pain to the political man in England is a…

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He told them how, after an experience now becoming long, the one standing pain to the political man in England is a sense of the inequality of his best exertions to the arduous duty of government and legislation.
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John Morley

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Morley conveys the political man's struggle with the disparity between effort and the challenges of governance in England.

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