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Campaign oratory, no longer softened by the absence of strict party lines, throbbed feverishly with passion and ugly epithet.
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gutenberg.orgDe Alexander: “Campaign oratory, no longer softened by the absence of strict party lines, throbbed feverishly with passion and ugly…”
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This statement reflects the intense and passionate nature of political discourse during a tumultuous period in American history.
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