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John Morley: “I will tell you what I think of--as I have for a good many months past--I think first of the burden of responsibility…”

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I will tell you what I think of--as I have for a good many months past--I think first of the burden of responsibility weighing on the governing men at Calcutta and Simla and the other main centres of power and of labour.
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John Morley

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Morley reflects on the heavy responsibility faced by governing officials in India and their centers of power.

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