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No one questioned his personal integrity, but in later years he was prompt and zealous in the defense of the worst abuses which found shelter in his party.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge Julian: “No one questioned his personal integrity, but in later years he was prompt and zealous in the defense of the worst…”
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Julian acknowledges the integrity of a politician while criticizing their defense of party abuses.
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They seemed totally unconscious of the fact that human nature is essentially the same in all parties, and that a mere change of men without any change of system would be fruitless.
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