Anxiety and excitement were too intense out of doors for anything but a speedy date, and it was quite certain that if the new plan were not at once propounded, no other public business would have much chance.
Morley notes the intense public pressure for a swift announcement of the new plan.
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This is no mere case of barren wrangle and verbal recrimination.
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