The other is to think that all you have got to do is what I see suggested, to my amazement, in English print--to blow a certain number of men from guns, and then your business will be done.
John Morley: “The other is to think that all you have got to do is what I see suggested, to my amazement, in English print--to blow a…”
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He criticizes the simplistic notion that violence can solve complex issues in India.
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