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In gravity, dignity, acute perception, and that good faith which is the soul of real as distinct from spurious debate, the parliamentary critic recognises them as all of the first order.
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John Morley
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Morley emphasizes the qualities that define a high-caliber parliamentary critic in a debate.
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