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But the better days of the Republic, when high integrity and unselfish devotion to the country inspired our statesmen, were past, and we had entered upon the era of mean ambitions and huckstering politics.
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Julian laments the decline of integrity and selflessness in American politics, marking a shift towards selfish ambitions.
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