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But he was able, industrious, and, in political management, clever beyond any man who has thus far appeared in American politics.
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Blaine acknowledges the political skills and industrious nature of a prominent political figure.
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In turn, the course of the National Administration would certainly be influenced, and its fate in large degree determined, by the conduct of the Southern men, in whom the President was placing unbounded trust.
Durant speaks of no duty, apparently thinks of none resting upon Southern Union men.
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