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To fall short of perfect candour would deprive all I have said of the little value it can possess, as that little value is all summed up in its sincerity.
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John Morley
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gutenberg.orgJohn Morley: “To fall short of perfect candour would deprive all I have said of the little value it can possess, as that little value…”
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Morley asserts that sincerity is essential for the value of his statements on justice.
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