Whitelaw Reid: “Use the educated thought of the country for shaping best its course…”

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Use the educated thought of the country for shaping best its course now, instead of chiefly finding fault with its history.

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Reid advocates for utilizing educated perspectives to guide the nation's future rather than criticizing its history.

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They have covered many phases of the subject, but have preserved a singular uniformity of purpose and consistency of ideas throughout.

Brushing aside, then, these bugbears, gentlemen, what are the obvious duties of the hour?

Is that the feast to be set before the laboring men of this country?

And next, shall we not probably fare best in the end if we try to profit somewhat by the experience others have had in like cases?

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