John Morley: “I do not think,” he concluded, “I ever can be sorry for what I have…”

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I do not think,” he concluded, “I ever can be sorry for what I have done, but I never can cease to be sorry for the necessity of doing it.

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Morley reflects on the complexity of his actions, expressing regret not for his decisions but for the circumstances that necessitated them.

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I think they will commit a great error if they take this course.

There lay Ireland,—squalid, dismal, sullen, dull, expectant, sunk deep in hostile intent.

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