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Democracy An American Novel

CHAPTER IV
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Is he telling the truth or not ?" Gore was too experienced in politics to be caught in such a trap as this.

He evaded the question.

"Mr.Ratcliffe has a practical piece of work to do; his business is to make laws and advise the President; he does it extremely well.

We have no other equally good practical politician; it is unfair to require him to be a crusader besides." "No!" interposed Carrington, curtly; "but he need not obstruct crusades.
He need not talk virtue and oppose the punishment of vice." "He is a shrewd practical politician," replied Gore, "and he feels first the weak side of any proposed political tactics." With a sigh of despair Madeleine went on: "Who, then, is right?
How can we all be right?
Half of our wise men declare that the world is going straight to perdition; the other half that it is fast becoming perfect.
Both cannot be right.

There is only one thing in life," she went on, laughing, "that I must and will have before I die.


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