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And I believe that in the present state of opinion they would gain their end by something like the old game of playing redistribution against the franchise....
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John Morley
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gutenberg.orgJohn Morley: “And I believe that in the present state of opinion they would gain their end by something like the old game of playing…”
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Morley believes that current public opinion could be manipulated through political tactics.
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