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There are those who believe that , if you will only legislate to make the well - to - do prosperous , their prosperity will leak through on those below . The Democratic idea , however , has been BRYAN : “ A CROSS OF GOLD > 27 "
There are those who believe that , if you will only legislate to make the well - to - do prosperous , their prosperity will leak through on those below . The Democratic idea , however , has been BRYAN : “ A CROSS OF GOLD > 27 "
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The Democratic idea , however , has been that if you legislate to make the masses prosperous , their prosperity will find its way up through every class which rests upon them . You come to us and tell us that the great cities are in ...
The Democratic idea , however , has been that if you legislate to make the masses prosperous , their prosperity will find its way up through every class which rests upon them . You come to us and tell us that the great cities are in ...
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If the people failed to enjoy prosperity , it must be because of a harsh and arbitrary intrusion of human greed and error . “ Hard times , then , ” said one popular writer , “ as well as the bankruptcies , enforced idleness , starvation ...
If the people failed to enjoy prosperity , it must be because of a harsh and arbitrary intrusion of human greed and error . “ Hard times , then , ” said one popular writer , “ as well as the bankruptcies , enforced idleness , starvation ...
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Populist Ideology | 7 |
A Cross of Gold | 23 |
Utopian Conceptions | 29 |
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