Then again, it is impossible for any Englishman not to have a very strong feeling of sympathy with those in the North who saw exalted visions of the great future of their country, now threatened with destruction.
Morley acknowledges the strong feelings of sympathy among Englishmen for the North during the American Civil War.
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What I expect is a healthful, slow fermentation in many minds, working towards the final product.
No: not at all; because there is so much, I will not say of random variety, but there is so much independent use of mind upon the facts that we have to deal with, that I listen with endless edification and instruction.
My desire is thoroughly to shake up all the materials of the question.
Yet they had certainly no less value and truth than they ever had, and perhaps were more needed than ever in face of the present chaos of opinion.
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