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If the political fountain becomes polluted , its dark and murky waters will
eventually impregnate every branch with the contagious miasma . The history of
the past proves the truth of these assertionspassing events afford too frequent ...
If the political fountain becomes polluted , its dark and murky waters will
eventually impregnate every branch with the contagious miasma . The history of
the past proves the truth of these assertionspassing events afford too frequent ...
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own country , it is taking deep root in our communityits poison already
contaminates our political and religious atmosphere — it has already had its
victims of blood , and blighted the fair reputation of many an individual . Its
miasma has ...
own country , it is taking deep root in our communityits poison already
contaminates our political and religious atmosphere — it has already had its
victims of blood , and blighted the fair reputation of many an individual . Its
miasma has ...
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We have the political party sheets , some of whose editors are often goaded on
by demagogues , to the most disgraceful venality ; acrimonious , calumniating ;
assailing persons , more than measures ; placing party interests above public
good ...
We have the political party sheets , some of whose editors are often goaded on
by demagogues , to the most disgraceful venality ; acrimonious , calumniating ;
assailing persons , more than measures ; placing party interests above public
good ...
Page 263
Love of gain , fame , and honor , now form the great motive power that moves the
multifarious wheels , wires , and pipes , of our political machinery . The towering
waves of party spirit have long rolled over old school patriotism , and covered it ...
Love of gain , fame , and honor , now form the great motive power that moves the
multifarious wheels , wires , and pipes , of our political machinery . The towering
waves of party spirit have long rolled over old school patriotism , and covered it ...
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But as it is easy to foresee , that from different causes and from different quarters ,
much pains will be taken , many artifices employed , to weaken in your minds the
conviction of this truth ; as this is the point in your political fortress against ...
But as it is easy to foresee , that from different causes and from different quarters ,
much pains will be taken , many artifices employed , to weaken in your minds the
conviction of this truth ; as this is the point in your political fortress against ...
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| Title | The Moral Probe: Or One Hundred and Two Common Sense Essays on the Nature of Men and Things: Interspersed with Scraps of Science and History |
| Author | Levi Carroll Judson |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | The author, 1848 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 17 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 336 pages |
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