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The contrast between his candid, sober and weighty treatment of questions, and the froth and fustian which supply the lack of knowledge with epithets of 'fraud' and 'robbery' and 'cheat,' is refreshing.
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Sherman contrasts his serious approach to political discourse with the sensationalism often found in political debates.
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