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The Gilded Age
Part 6.

CHAPTER LIII
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That man stands before you! All that he is, he owes to the Sunday School.
"My precious children, love your parents, love your teachers, love your Sunday School, be pious, be obedient, be honest, be diligent, and then you will succeed in life and be honored of all men.

Above all things, my children, be honest.

Above all things be pure-minded as the snow.
Let us join in prayer." When Senator Dilworthy departed from Cattleville, he left three dozen boys behind him arranging a campaign of life whose objective point was the United States Senate.
When be arrived at the State capital at midnight Mr.Noble came and held a three-hours' conference with him, and then as he was about leaving said: "I've worked hard, and I've got them at last.

Six of them haven't got quite back-bone enough to slew around and come right out for you on the first ballot to-morrow; but they're going to vote against you on the first for the sake of appearances, and then come out for you all in a body on the second--I've fixed all that! By supper time to-morrow you'll be re-elected.

You can go to bed and sleep easy on that." After Mr.Noble was gone, the Senator said: "Well, to bring about a complexion of things like this was worth coming West for.".


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