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... crusade against slavery before the war , the crusade to maintain the Union during the war , and now the crusade to reconstruct North and South , was almost more than one could bear . Moreover , crusades breed cynicism . Bounty jumpers ...
... crusade against slavery before the war , the crusade to maintain the Union during the war , and now the crusade to reconstruct North and South , was almost more than one could bear . Moreover , crusades breed cynicism . Bounty jumpers ...
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... crusade itself ; few attempts have been made to understand the anatomy of a reform movement on a local , grass - roots level . For example , how was the crusade conducted ? What was the impact of the Tweed Ring upon the reformer's ...
... crusade itself ; few attempts have been made to understand the anatomy of a reform movement on a local , grass - roots level . For example , how was the crusade conducted ? What was the impact of the Tweed Ring upon the reformer's ...
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... crusade had persistence . It had gusto . It had all the subtlety of a sledge hammer . It was literary alchemy using the crudest of alloys . There was none of the humor or painful ridicule of a Nast cartoon , none of the dash of the New ...
... crusade had persistence . It had gusto . It had all the subtlety of a sledge hammer . It was literary alchemy using the crudest of alloys . There was none of the humor or painful ridicule of a Nast cartoon , none of the dash of the New ...
Contents
That Impudent Autocrat | 3 |
The Triumph of Tweed | 17 |
Those Beastly Rascals | 33 |
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