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"John Morley ""Critical Miscellanies"" Volume II continues his take a look at of many intellectual topics that began with the splendid British statesman and literary critic. This collection of writings by way of Morley explores literature, philosophy, and political thoughts, showing how knowledgeable and professional he was at evaluation. In Volume II, Morley continues to look deeply into important human beings and thoughts of his time, giving clever exams and feedback. The articles cover a wide range of subjects, displaying how flexible Morley is as a thinker. Morley become acknowledged for having a sharp mind and a command of words, whether he was reading works via well-known authors or analyzing philosophical ideas. As with the primary book, Morley works in Volume II are characterised through how they relate to the late 1800s social and cultural scene. The essays add to the intellectual communique in their time by means of speaking approximately cutting-edge, hard troubles and showing how the writer is worried with how thoughts are changing. Overall, ""Critical Miscellanies"" Volume II suggests how John Morley had an enduring effect at the intellectual currents of his time. It offers readers quite a few facts approximately literature, philosophy, and the crucial issues of the past due 1800s."

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"JOHN MORLEY Born on December 24, 1838, John Morley was the 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn, OM, PC, FRS, FBA. He died on September 23, 1923, and was a British Liberal politician, author, and newspaper editor. He started out as a reporter in the North of England and then became editor of the newly liberal Pall Mall Gazette from 1880 to 1883. In 1883, he was chosen as a Liberal Party Member of Parliament (MP). In 1886, 1892, and 1895, he was Chief Secretary for Ireland. From 1905 to 1910 and again in 1911, he was Secretary of State for India. From 1910 to 1914, he was Lord President of the Council. Morley was a well-known political analyst and wrote a biography of William Gladstone, who was his hero. His works and ""reputation as the last of the great nineteenth-century Liberals"" made Morley famous. He was against the Second Boer War and empire. He believed that Ireland should have Home Rule. He quit the government in August 1914 because he didn't want Britain to join the First World War as a Russian friend."

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