The Moral Probe: Or One Hundred and Two Common Sense Essays on the Nature of Men and Things: Interspersed with Scraps of Science and History |
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PARTY SPIRIT . “ I had learned that , when a matter becomes a party matter , it is
vain to argue against it , or to argue upon it . ” — Webster's Speech on the
Mexican War . For years , my voice and pen have been arrayed against this foul
spirit ...
PARTY SPIRIT . “ I had learned that , when a matter becomes a party matter , it is
vain to argue against it , or to argue upon it . ” — Webster's Speech on the
Mexican War . For years , my voice and pen have been arrayed against this foul
spirit ...
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The influence of this foul spirit has often manifested itself in our legislative halls ,
in the cabinet , and in the distribution of executive patronage . It is no longer an
inquiry , what , but who recommends a man to office . The first and highest ...
The influence of this foul spirit has often manifested itself in our legislative halls ,
in the cabinet , and in the distribution of executive patronage . It is no longer an
inquiry , what , but who recommends a man to office . The first and highest ...
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Party spirit is not confined to the political arena . ... How awful the persecutions of
party spirit , by one set of professing Christians against another — let past history
tell , and the angry clouds that are gathering in our own countryconfirm . Unless ...
Party spirit is not confined to the political arena . ... How awful the persecutions of
party spirit , by one set of professing Christians against another — let past history
tell , and the angry clouds that are gathering in our own countryconfirm . Unless ...
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This spirit , unfortunately , is inseparable from our nature , having its root in the
strongest passions of the human mind . ... The alternate dominion of one faction
over another , sharpened by the spirit of revenge natural to party dissension ,
which ...
This spirit , unfortunately , is inseparable from our nature , having its root in the
strongest passions of the human mind . ... The alternate dominion of one faction
over another , sharpened by the spirit of revenge natural to party dissension ,
which ...
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There is an opinion that parties in free countries are useful checks upon the
administration of the government , and serve to keep alive the spirit of liberty .
This , within certain limits , is probably true : and in governments of a monarchial
cast ...
There is an opinion that parties in free countries are useful checks upon the
administration of the government , and serve to keep alive the spirit of liberty .
This , within certain limits , is probably true : and in governments of a monarchial
cast ...
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