No man could guide the new advance, now so evidently approaching, unless he clearly united fervour and capacity for practical improvements in government to broad and glowing sympathies, alike with the needs and the elemental instincts of the labouring mass.
Morley emphasizes the importance of a leader who can unite fervor with practical governance to address the needs of the working class.
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