John Morley: “Or rather, it imported these ideas into Ireland with a definiteness…”

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Or rather, it imported these ideas into Ireland with a definiteness and formality that would have been impracticable even in England.

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John Morley

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Morley asserts that the imposition of English ideas on Ireland was done with an impractical level of formality.

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John Morley: “Or rather, it imported these ideas into Ireland with a definiteness and formality that would have been impracticable…”