Word: earnestnessâ
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Speaker Garner's speech was prolix. It reeked with the banalities of the politician. It brought forth no new facts or arguments. It was, by no stretch of the imagination, an historic oration. But it did have one great quality?earnestness???and with that alone the Speaker was able to sweep the House back to order and action. The Ways & Means Committee hastily evolved a new set of tax schemes to fill the void left by the Sales Tax. Leaders of the late insurgency fell over themselves to pledge support to this substitute program. United by the Garner speech...
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