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On the other hand, after five years of pretty exclusive devotion to the Irish case, to pass by the British case and its various demands for an indefinite time longer, would have been absurd.
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John Morley
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Morley argues against neglecting British demands after focusing on the Irish case for five years, calling it absurd.
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