I am mortified, it is true, at the violent tone assumed here by many persons, because such violence in debate only leads to irritation, and is, moreover, discreditable to the government and the country.
Lodge criticizes the aggressive tone in political debates, emphasizing its negative impact on governance.
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No man ever prized sentiment or hated sentimentality more than he.
He preached unceasingly the familiar morals which lie at the bottom of both family and public life.
When the future historian traces Theodore Roosevelt's extraordinary career he will find these embodied ideals planted like milestones along the road over which he marched.
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