Word: politicians
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...politics and should do so intelligently. An intelligent man can more easily cope with the actively bad than with the passively good, A man must not go into politics to make money if he wishes to keep the respect of his fellow men. It is rare for a politician who is honest and faithful to make money although such cases may be found...
...states-rights party, the third republican president. But to the student who searches more deeply into the annals of American history, who looks carefully into the chronicles and letters of the revolutionary period, Jefferson's life is more that of a farmer and a country gentleman, than of the politician. From his boyhood up he exhibited a fondness for nature, for horses of all sorts, etc. Like Webster, too, he was fond of hunting and fishing, and in the season, Monticello never wanted for game while its master was at home. Monticello was not the home of his boyhood...