Word: politicians
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...desired by all who hope for a better administration of public affairs, yet an appeal to the honest men of the country to come forward to the rescue would probably be more futile and certainly more absurd than one to the students; for what man, and especially what politician, is there who will not answer to the name of "honest"? Appeals to classes and to class feeling of any sort are the tools of the demagogue, of which none but he knows thoroughly the use; let him keep them. If editors and publicists are convinced that the country needs honest...