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The good rules laid down in conferences and state-papers may look tame in the glare of the real world of history as it is.
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John Morley
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Morley suggests that the ideal rules established in diplomatic discussions often seem inadequate when faced with historical realities.
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I am trying to feel my way through the most difficult problem, the most difficult situation that a responsible Government can have to face.
What I endeavoured to show was that King George III., without changing his opinion of the justice of his war against the colonies, was obliged to give it up on account of a change of public opinion, and was not open to blame for so doing.
Do not weary or fret or nag him with your superior wisdom.
There lay Ireland,—squalid, dismal, sullen, dull, expectant, sunk deep in hostile intent.
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