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In the absence of any government and in the period of general prostration it was not unnatural that the spirit of Bolshevism grew with alarming rapidity.
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This statement reflects on the rise of radical ideologies during a period of governmental collapse and societal unrest.
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It discusses a great malaise of our age, for which, I fear, no written Constitution, however wise, is an adequate remedy.
Assuredly, the man of to-day, with the rich heritage of countless ages, can do no less.
The consequence is that again and again we are running the risk of perpetrating the most grotesque errors of judgment, of committing the most serious political blunders, in defiance of American public opinion.
They differed, at times heatedly, but always as gentlemen of candour and honour.
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