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John Morley: “This disadvantage the French Empire heedlessly imposed upon itself.”

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This disadvantage the French Empire heedlessly imposed upon itself.
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John Morley

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Morley points out the self-imposed disadvantages of the French Empire during diplomatic tensions.

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