The object of the accusers was to show the complicity of the accused with crime by tracing crime to the league, and making every member of the league constructively liable for every act of which the league was constructively guilty.
Morley critiques the prosecution's strategy of linking the accused to crimes through association with the league.
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But the Poet Laureate has written his own song on the hearts of his countrymen that can never die.
They hope to attract that good will which must, after all, be the real foundation of our prosperity and strength in India.
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