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But, sir, I have no hope, while this House is constituted as it is now, of instituting any radical reform.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “But, sir, I have no hope, while this House is constituted as it is now, of instituting any radical reform.”
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Sherman expresses skepticism about achieving significant reforms under the current partisan composition of the House.
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