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John Morley: “Whatever was open to any degree of exception in Palmerston, has this year received a tenfold development in Disraeli.”

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Whatever was open to any degree of exception in Palmerston, has this year received a tenfold development in Disraeli.
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John Morley

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Morley suggests that Disraeli has amplified the negative traits previously seen in Palmerston.

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