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He was a gentleman of the old school, a politician from the beginning, of inflexible integrity and an earnestness of purpose that knew no shadow of turning.
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Adlai Stevenson
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Stevenson describes a politician's integrity and earnestness, likening it to the seriousness of a marble bust.
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