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John Morley: I said that it seemed to me in the present state of the country the first object was to provide for the difficulties of…

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I said that it seemed to me in the present state of the country the first object was to provide for the difficulties of statesmanship, and then to deal with those of administration.
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John Morley

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Morley prioritizes addressing the challenges of statesmanship before administrative issues.

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