Had we done so, a case would have opened at once, comfortably furnished not with men opposing us on principle, like a part of those who opposed in 1866, but with the men of pretext and the men of disappointment, with intriguers and with egotists.
Morley reflects on the potential political landscape had they taken a different approach.
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Inspire him with the desire of pleasing; he will soon know more of the art than all the masters could teach him.
What I endeavoured to show was that King George III., without changing his opinion of the justice of his war against the colonies, was obliged to give it up on account of a change of public opinion, and was not open to blame for so doing.
My desire is thoroughly to shake up all the materials of the question.
How should we look in the face of the civilised world if we had so turned our back upon our duty and sovereign task?
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