Word: cobbett
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...brief, perceptive introduction, Middleton places Stone in the tradition of 18th century English pamphleteer William Cobbett. Like Cobbett, Stone combines a trenchant critique of existing conditions with a nostalgic vision of his country in which the nation was true to its ideals. Middleton writes, "Few people contrive to remain faithful to the vision proffered by the very forces which are busy betraying it," and Stone is most remarkable because his "devotion to the liberal vision and to America has never allowed him to pull his punches...
...collection that includes scarce chronicles from the body's earliest years. Among the items: all but two issues of Congressional Debates (1789-91), compiled by Thomas Lloyd, the first legislative reporter, and the original issue of View from the Congress Gallery (1795), by Peter Porcupine (Reporter William Cobbett). "It is never lonely at my house late at night after the kids have gone to bed," says MacNeil. "I simply throw open a copy of the Congressional Globe and say hello to Dan Webster or Henry Clay...