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Instead of inflexibly maintaining their ground and beckoning the people to come up and possess it, they meanly deserted it themselves, while vainly expecting others to occupy it.
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Julian critiques the failure of political leaders to maintain their principles during a tumultuous period.
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It tempts civilized men to become savages and savages to become devils.
It was unrecognized by both parties, but it made its advent, and the men who pointed its way quietly served notice upon the country of their ulterior purposes.
Its prizes are often rich and suddenly gained, and when they are sought through the forms of a law which compels a man to choose between an expensive and hazardous litigation and robbery, human nature is severely tried.
It was hollow and false, and the best men in the party felt it.
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