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He had been thirsting for it many years, and had earned it by multiplied acts of the most obsequious and crouching servility to his Southern overseers.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge Julian: “He had been thirsting for it many years, and had earned it by multiplied acts of the most obsequious and crouching…”
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Julian criticizes a candidate for his subservience to Southern interests in his pursuit of political power.
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