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Its main strength consisted of political amateurs , Union veterans , businessmen , and more or less prominent Republican Party members not then in politics . Dawes himself had never voted in Illinois or attended an Illinois ...
Its main strength consisted of political amateurs , Union veterans , businessmen , and more or less prominent Republican Party members not then in politics . Dawes himself had never voted in Illinois or attended an Illinois ...
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Such is politics . I am making arrangements , therefore , to light on my feet in business if the political tiger throws me . " Thus , when the battle had finally been lost , Dawes could write with equanimity : “ I write this on May 11.
Such is politics . I am making arrangements , therefore , to light on my feet in business if the political tiger throws me . " Thus , when the battle had finally been lost , Dawes could write with equanimity : “ I write this on May 11.
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“ As human beings , whatever may be our party , we are bound to differ on many subjects , but as good citizens we can unite to demand of those who represent us in political debate that they represent our differences honestly and from ...
“ As human beings , whatever may be our party , we are bound to differ on many subjects , but as good citizens we can unite to demand of those who represent us in political debate that they represent our differences honestly and from ...
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| Title | Portrait of an American: Charles G. Dawes Portrait of an American: Charles G. Dawes, Bascom Nolly Timmons |
| Author | Bascom Nolly Timmons |
| Publisher | Holt, 1953 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 5 Dec 2006 |
| Length | 344 pages |
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