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And all this in sight of the ruins of the handsome homes their ancestors once occupied ! Hence the materials for armies have disappeared . Human greed has eaten away the very foundations on which it stood . And of the farmers who still ...
And all this in sight of the ruins of the handsome homes their ancestors once occupied ! Hence the materials for armies have disappeared . Human greed has eaten away the very foundations on which it stood . And of the farmers who still ...
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Once permit the people really to rule , once insure that the men in office would not or could not betray the popular will , and such regulative measures as would right the wrongs from which the people suffered would quickly follow .
Once permit the people really to rule , once insure that the men in office would not or could not betray the popular will , and such regulative measures as would right the wrongs from which the people suffered would quickly follow .
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From this simple social classification it seemed to follow that once the techniques of misleading the people were exposed , victory over the money power ought to be easily accomplished , for in sheer numbers the people were overwhelming ...
From this simple social classification it seemed to follow that once the techniques of misleading the people were exposed , victory over the money power ought to be easily accomplished , for in sheer numbers the people were overwhelming ...
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Contents
Populist Ideology | 7 |
A Cross of Gold | 23 |
Utopian Conceptions | 29 |
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