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In adopting it as a rule, we are not realising perfection, but bowing to an imperfection.
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John Morley
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gutenberg.orgJohn Morley: “In adopting it as a rule, we are not realising perfection, but bowing to an imperfection.”
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Morley acknowledges the imperfections inherent in majority rule as a governing principle.
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