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For more than two decades, therefore, Rufus King had watched their control by methods, which a man cast in a mould that would make no concessions to his virtue, could not approve.
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This passage describes Rufus King's critical perspective on the political maneuvers of his contemporaries, reflecting his moral stance.
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