I am sustained and encouraged, and I may almost say driven on in public life, by the sentiment believed and entertained by me most sincerely, whether erroneously or not, that the principles at issue are much broader than those of ordinary contention....
Morley shares his motivation in public life, believing that the principles at stake are of great significance beyond ordinary disputes.
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If they, situated exactly as we are, decline to join, we are not bound single-handed to make up the deficiencies of the rest.
It is a case so to speak of “limited liability.” We are bound in honour—you cannot put a legal construction upon it—to see in concert with others that these arrangements are maintained.
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