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I am afraid the Conservative party see but one half of the truth. The mere / extension of the franchise is not the evil; I should be glad to see it / greatly extended; -- there is no harm in that _per se_; the mischief is that / the franchise is nominally extended, but to such classes, and in such a / manner, that a practical disfranchisement of all above, and a discontenting / of all below, a favoured class are the unavoidable results.