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# Charles Trevelyan

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##  Quotes by Charles Trevelyan

> [The ruling classes today nourish the conviction that national hatreds and rivalries are inevitable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-trevelyan/the-ruling-classes-today-nourish-the-conviction-that-national-hatreds/)

Charles Trevelyan

[Conviction](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conviction/)

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> [If the Irish once find out that there are any circumstances in which they can get free government grants, we shall have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-trevelyan/if-the-irish-once-find-out-that-there-are-any-circumstances-in-which/)

Charles Trevelyan

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> [The real evil with which we have to contend is not the physical evil of the Famine, but the moral evil of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-trevelyan/the-real-evil-with-which-we-have-to-contend-is-not-the-physical-evil/)

Charles Trevelyan

[Character](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/character/)

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> [I have the greatest sympathy with the growth of the socialist party. I think they understand the evils that surround us and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-trevelyan/i-have-the-greatest-sympathy-with-the-growth-of-the-socialist-party-i-2/)

Charles Trevelyan

[Evil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/evil/)

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