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People say this man assumes all the virtues of reform in an office which he has gained by the simple repudiation of the ladder that lifted him.
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gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
This statement critiques a politician for hypocrisy, suggesting they claim reformist virtues while betraying their origins.
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This is the spirit in which I have determined for myself to come up to this great question, and to pass through it.
Thoughtful men who were not in any sense political partisans gave careful heed to his words.
And is it not needed when its taking helps us and hurts our enemy?
He set the custom of dictating bills in chancery to an amanuensis, doing it with such accuracy that a word had seldom to be changed.
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