Secrecy, again, prevents the statesman from weighing or testing the forces in character, stability, persistency, of the men by whom a majority has been built up, and on whose fidelity his power of action must depend.
Morley discusses the detrimental effects of secrecy on a statesman's ability to understand the electorate's character and stability.
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