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To The Nation’s Credit Before he sought the presidential spot three times, (a losing gesture manifest in all accounts), he railed against the plots of slavocracy that had driven the test of the states, if they should remain. His brother, at one point, pushed to madness, (what newsmen had said), knew that men made to rise must suffer the meting out that causes most to give in. His friend Fred…

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Old Devil Most artists encourage themselves as onesathwart the powers placed at chance, enthronedto punch up as they claim to be most grownin judgement while declaring what is funand morally correct, and smile to shunthose whose wrong thoughts have earned them the first stonespropelled at them, but right thoughts are just clonedfrom the same powers from whom they take funds.Though three decades…