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In nothing can we escape their judgment, least of all on a question like that before us.
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He reflects on the inevitability of public judgment on significant political matters.
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Controlled by such a code, employing such representatives, sustained by such agencies, animated by such Furies, and producing such fruits of tears and bitterness, it must be open to question.
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The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
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