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As a legislator, debater, orator and statesman he had but few equals and no superiors.
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This quote asserts that the individual was an unparalleled figure in legislative and rhetorical skills.
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Fixed religious opinions in the minds of others, especially of the old, I regard as sacred.
A Delegate has not even the unit of political power--a vote on any measure; he can therefore form no combination to further friendly legislation in the interest of his Territory.
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The human judgment is imperfect--and prescience is limited--hence any approach to perfection in the system itself, or in its administrative provisions, is a matter of evolution of slow growth--and of the survival of the fittest.
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