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An opponent wittily characterized it as Government by diagram, accurately drawn on an Executive blackboard.
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gutenberg.orgJames Blaine: “An opponent wittily characterized it as Government by diagram, accurately drawn on an Executive blackboard.”
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Blaine quotes a witty opponent to illustrate the criticism of the government's reconstruction strategy as overly theoretical.
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