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... political climate less congenial . As for the presidents of this period , the politics of bargain and compromise demanded that they be political pygmies , and they were selected as such . It came as a great surprise when one of them ...
... political climate less congenial . As for the presidents of this period , the politics of bargain and compromise demanded that they be political pygmies , and they were selected as such . It came as a great surprise when one of them ...
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... political reality would surely render it impracticable . The bitterness of this competition was greatly aggravated by the widening imbalance in the distribution of political power and economic and numerical strength within the United ...
... political reality would surely render it impracticable . The bitterness of this competition was greatly aggravated by the widening imbalance in the distribution of political power and economic and numerical strength within the United ...
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... political skill , unexpected iron determination and a profound understanding of the movement of events . All these were symptoms of a political health which did not immunise the body politic against every ailment or injury , but gave it ...
... political skill , unexpected iron determination and a profound understanding of the movement of events . All these were symptoms of a political health which did not immunise the body politic against every ailment or injury , but gave it ...
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