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Therefore, the struggle to change the issues, however made, or by whomsoever made, is a vain struggle.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge Boutwell: “Therefore, the struggle to change the issues, however made, or by whomsoever made, is a vain struggle.”
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Boutwell argues that efforts to change political issues are often futile regardless of who initiates them.
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