Woodrow Wilson: An InterpretationLittle, Brown,, 1918 - 291 страница |
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... greater advantage that he shall be the " un- known quantity " that Bagehot thought made him impossible ; " that he should wear a clean and ir- reproachable insignificance " , in Mr. Wilson's own phrase . If he belongs to the " old guard ...
... greater advantage that he shall be the " un- known quantity " that Bagehot thought made him impossible ; " that he should wear a clean and ir- reproachable insignificance " , in Mr. Wilson's own phrase . If he belongs to the " old guard ...
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... greater flexibility , with a mind cast in a more generous mold , had he been able to escape from the dwarfing influences of his environ- ment and the parochial school of politics in which he trained , had he , in short , been able to ...
... greater flexibility , with a mind cast in a more generous mold , had he been able to escape from the dwarfing influences of his environ- ment and the parochial school of politics in which he trained , had he , in short , been able to ...
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... greater command of phrase and a more vivid appeal to imagination , did what Mr. Bryan more stolidly had attempted to do and failed . Mr. Bryan whimsi- cally remarked that Mr. Roosevelt stole his clothes while he went in bathing , which ...
... greater command of phrase and a more vivid appeal to imagination , did what Mr. Bryan more stolidly had attempted to do and failed . Mr. Bryan whimsi- cally remarked that Mr. Roosevelt stole his clothes while he went in bathing , which ...
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... greater than the politician's . He lives for it and on it . Vanity is the impelling motive to make the majority of men take to politics , and having tasted of it they cannot forego it . Every man elected to high office , every governor ...
... greater than the politician's . He lives for it and on it . Vanity is the impelling motive to make the majority of men take to politics , and having tasted of it they cannot forego it . Every man elected to high office , every governor ...
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... vicious . Seeing this he had the courage to declare what he believed . Believing this he had even the greater courage , when given power , to apply the remedy . It is not of consequence 34 WOODROW WILSON : AN INTERPRETATION.
... vicious . Seeing this he had the courage to declare what he believed . Believing this he had even the greater courage , when given power , to apply the remedy . It is not of consequence 34 WOODROW WILSON : AN INTERPRETATION.
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