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He had also shown, from his first entrance into politics, a remarkable capacity for organisation.
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This remark points to Van Buren's organizational skills as a key factor in his political success.
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I discerned also unmistakable evidences of stern integrity, earnest patriotism, and unswerving fidelity.
Perhaps, on the whole, nothing in Van Buren's official life showed greater political courage or discernment.
If Joel Weed lived as a beggar, Thurlow thought as a king.
The act and the veto amounted to an appeal to the people, and in an instant the country was on fire.
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