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Here is one of the very few instances in which the public opinion of the country at the eleventh hour reined back a warlike minister.
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John Morley
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Morley reflects on a rare instance where public opinion influenced government decisions against war.
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An Indian gentleman has been placed on the Council of the Viceroy--not an everyday transaction.
There lay Ireland,—squalid, dismal, sullen, dull, expectant, sunk deep in hostile intent.
With a few exceptions, a political speech like the manna in the wilderness loses its savour on the second day.
But as I read it, as I listen to serious Indian experts with large experience, it all sounds estrangement and alienation even though it be no worse than superficial.
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