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We have a country governed by blockheads and knaves; our wives and daughters are thrown into the stews....
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “We have a country governed by blockheads and knaves; our wives and daughters are thrown into the stews....”
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Beveridge conveys a stark criticism of the state of governance, reflecting a sense of despair about the political climate.
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No man ever bore public honors with so meek a dignity ...
These had power To charm through life and cheer his dying hour.
What a gloom will spread over the nation when he is gone!
That time, however, is unquestionably arrived, and every oppression now exercised on a helpless people depending on our magnanimity and justice for the preservation of their existence impresses a deep stain on the American character.
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