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John Morley: Had the cabinet adopted at this moment a good and sufficient scheme for dealing with the Irish tenants as tenants, I…

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Had the cabinet adopted at this moment a good and sufficient scheme for dealing with the Irish tenants as tenants, I should care little how much you depreciated such a scheme in comparison with one for converting them into owners.
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John Morley

Editor's note · Context

Morley argues for a sufficient scheme to address the needs of Irish tenants over ownership debates.

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