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Once separated there can be no middle course; a neutrality party in politics, if not an absurdity, at least is evidence of indecision.
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Alexander argues against the idea of a neutral political stance, emphasizing the necessity of clear positions in politics.
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This reduced the question to ratification or secession.
If Joel Weed lived as a beggar, Thurlow thought as a king.
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.
Thoughtful men who were not in any sense political partisans gave careful heed to his words.
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