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Orange Jacobs: “Passion may triumph for an hour, but the sober-second-thought of the masses is sure to assert itself.”

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Passion may triumph for an hour, but the sober-second-thought of the masses is sure to assert itself.
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Orange Jacobs
Republican · Washington

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Jacobs believes that while passion may dominate temporarily, rational thought will ultimately prevail.

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