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Many thought: the voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
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This quote reflects the biblical metaphor often used in political discourse to describe deception or misrepresentation.
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He represented Republican principles and aims more fully than any man in the country, but Thurlow Weed, looking into the future through the eyes of a practical politician, disbelieved in Republican success.
The evident purpose of the United States Bank was to create, if possible, the fear of a panic.
But Tilden, conscious of the need of an anti-Tweed legislature, had surmised the Ring's plan as early as Tweed devised it, and he replied with firmness that everything beside the legislative ticket was of minor importance to him.
It cared nothing for the Democratic party except as it contributed to its selfish ends.
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