Now, however, these accomplished political gladiators proposed to give battle at the polls, and if their influence throughout the State had been as potent as it proved within the wards of New York City, the day of DeWitt Clinton's destiny must have been nearly over.
This quote discusses the political challenges faced by DeWitt Clinton and the potential impact of local political battles on his future.
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As he lived, so he died, a strange, lonely, unhappy man, out of tune with the beautiful world in which he was permitted to exist upward of four score years.
And is it not needed when its taking helps us and hurts our enemy?
The heart of the country is fixed on higher and nobler things.
Perhaps, on the whole, nothing in Van Buren's official life showed greater political courage or discernment.
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