On the record
We deplore the necessity, but we are bound to face the facts.
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John Morley
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gutenberg.orgWe deplore the necessity, but we are bound to face the facts.
Morley acknowledges the unfortunate necessity of facing harsh realities in governance.
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Yet they had certainly no less value and truth than they ever had, and perhaps were more needed than ever in face of the present chaos of opinion.
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.
If the idea was the direct gift of heaven, the policy was due to the sagacity and mother-wit of the great ecclesiastical statesmen.
But we have no right to cast on him any responsibility beyond what is strictly military.