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Reading and writing are of inestimable value, but the ballot teaches what these cannot teach.
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gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
He argues that while literacy is valuable, the ballot imparts lessons that reading and writing cannot.
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Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.
Men are erring and mortal; principles are steadfast and immortal.
The most distant are not without a present influence on our daily lives.
The devices of party can no longer stave it off.
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