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Political morality was at a very low ebb during the period covered by the Thirty-first Congress.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge Julian: “Political morality was at a very low ebb during the period covered by the Thirty-first Congress.”
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Julian comments on the decline of political ethics during a specific congressional period, reflecting on the challenges of governance.
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