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My revolt against its discipline forcibly reminded me of the year 1848, and was by far the severest political trial of my life.
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Julian describes his political revolt as one of the most challenging trials of his life.
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Come ye who, whatever betide her, To Freedom have sworn to be true, Prime up with a cup of hard cider, And drink to old Tippecanoe.
The people took the work of politics into their own keeping, and the leaders became followers.
The movement of 1840 was necessarily transient and provisional, while underneath its clatter and nonsense was a real issue.
No sophistry could disguise this fact, nor could its significance be overstated.
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