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The omnipotent though not omniscient divinity called public opinion intervened.
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John Morley
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gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Morley reflects on the influence of public opinion in political decisions.
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My desire is thoroughly to shake up all the materials of the question.
It would be a happy day for the Peace Society that should give the colonies a veto on imperial war.
They hope to attract that good will which must, after all, be the real foundation of our prosperity and strength in India.
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.
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