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John Francis Morley (6 October 1942 – 7 July 1980) was an Irish Gaelic footballer and Garda Síochána. His championship career at senior level with the Mayo county team spanned thirteen seasons from 1961 until 1974. Morley is widely regarded as one of Mayo's greatest ever players. Life and career Born in Kiltimagh, County Mayo, Morley was educated locally and later attended St Jarlath's College in Tuam where he first played competitive football. Here he won back-to-back All-Ireland medals in 1960 and 1961. At club level Morley first played at juvenile and underage levels with Kiltimagh before later lining out with a variety of clubs. His greatest success was with the Ballaghaderreen club with whom he won a county senior championship medal in 1972. Morley made his debut on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he was selected for the Mayo minor team in 1960. He enjoyed one championship season with the minor team which ended without success. He subsequently joined the Mayo senior team, making his debut during the 1961-62 league. Over the course of the next thirteen seasons, Morley enjoyed much success, winning Connacht medals in 1967 and 1969 and a National League medal in 1970. He played his last game for Mayo in June 1974.

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“Where it is a duty to worship the sun it is pretty sure to be a crime to examine the laws of heat.”
— Voltaire (1871)
“Evolution is not a force but a process; not a cause but a law.”
— On Compromise (1874)
“Simplicity of character is no hindrance to subtlety of intellect.”
— Life of Gladstone (1903), vol. 1, p. 194
“There are some books which cannot be adequately reviewed for twenty or thirty years after they come out.”
— Vol. I, bk. 2, ch. 8.
“In my creed, waste of public money is like the sin against the Holy Ghost.”
— Vol. II, bk. 5, ch. 3.
“Excess of severity is not the path to order. On the contrary, it is the path to the bomb.”
— Vol. II, bk. 5, ch. 4.

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