The code, a heritage from barbaric times, lingered till it had caused more than one bloody chapter to be written, until it had taken from the walks of life more than one of our most gifted American statesmen.
Stevenson critiques the historical practice of dueling and its impact on American politics.
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I have no respect for candidates who attempt to dodge any of these great questions.
Breckenridge, he said: "Bob, when you and I graduated, you took to the pulpit and I to the bottle, and I have stuck to my text a good deal closer than you have to yours!
The practical lesson to be drawn, one for all the ages, is the peril involved in a wife's untimely interruption of the wise observations and sage reflections of her husband.
Unless curbed it will sap the foundation of civilized society.