But the House was not a body with a limited commission; it was a body of statesmen, legislators, politicians, bound to look at the whole range of circumstances, and guilty of misprision of justice if they failed so to do.
Morley asserts that Parliament has a duty to consider all circumstances and not limit its scope.
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