Still, by almost universal admission it has lost the tension that strained India two or three months ago, and public feeling is tranquillised, certainly beyond any expectation that either I or the Viceroy ventured to entertain.
Morley reflects on the calming of public sentiment in India compared to previous months.
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My desire is thoroughly to shake up all the materials of the question.
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