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Few candidates are able to bear the truth, or to believe that the friend who utters it is truly one.
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Alexander comments on the difficulty candidates have in accepting the truth from friends.
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He used to get angry with men simply because they voted against him on questions in which he took an interest.
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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