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John Morley: “Cette prétendue sagacité qui se croit profonde, quand elle suppose partout des intrigues savantes, et met de petits…”

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Cette prétendue sagacité qui se croit profonde, quand elle suppose partout des intrigues savantes, et met de petits drames arrangés a la place de la vérité.
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John Morley

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Morley critiques the tendency to assume hidden motives and conspiracies in political matters.

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