John Morley: “His life of Our Lord I thought a piece of trumpery; his work Sur les…”

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His life of Our Lord I thought a piece of trumpery; his work Sur les langues sémitiques most able and satisfactory in its manner and discussion.

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John Morley

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Morley expresses his critical opinion on two works, highlighting his disdain for one and appreciation for the other.

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If the idea was the direct gift of heaven, the policy was due to the sagacity and mother-wit of the great ecclesiastical statesmen.

The plan for Ireland ought to be produced by the government of the day.

We do not know how to leave India, and therefore let us see if we know how to govern it.

But the Poet Laureate has written his own song on the hearts of his countrymen that can never die.

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