It was three o’clock in the morning (June 19) before the close of a fine debate—fine not merely from the eloquence of the speakers and cogency of argument on either side, but because there was a deep and real issue, and because the practical conclusion was not foregone.
Morley reflects on the significance of a late-night debate, highlighting its eloquence and the real issues at stake.
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I think they will commit a great error if they take this course.
How should we look in the face of the civilised world if we had so turned our back upon our duty and sovereign task?
But they were barren of any institutions by which the country could be governed and kept in prosperity for the future.”(166) This is a statement of the case that biographer and historian alike should ponder.
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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