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Adlai Stevenson: “All this gave us the most vivid impression, not only that a new kind of wire-pulling had entered into politics, but that…”

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All this gave us the most vivid impression, not only that a new kind of wire-pulling had entered into politics, but that a mysterious and marvellous power of the air had at length been subdued and trained to the service of mankind.
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Adlai Stevenson

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Stevenson comments on the transformative power of technology in politics.

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