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...Chicago; to court Johnson's following; to kotow to Gompers or Plumb; to devise planks to win over this form of discontent or that form of disgruntlement. Little but disappointment could result from such a policy. The professional exploiters of "unrest" are very apt to go off and flock by themselves this year, in any event. Whether they go or stay, the Democratic party ought to have the wisdom and firmness not to allow itself to be outdone by the Republicans in interpreting the overmastering desire of the great masses of the people. This is to rebuild the fabric...
...that any of the "Consolidateds" or "Topsy-Turvys" with which he plays are actually worth anything--he is much too wise for that. He knows that behind the game there stands the sinister figure of the wolf, but, believe him, this little lamb is not going to follow the flock. Wonderful little "Man of Destiny...
...while designed, or course, to get the support of "all hand and brain workers," is at the same time likely to gather under its standard a great many persons who would like nothing better than to wreck our government. All the I. W. W. people and Red agitators will flock to it, not because they believe that in it lies the salvation of the workingman, but because they think they see a chance to get something for themselves. It is possible that in a short time it will make itself a dictator, and the tyranny of the many...
...Their flock to Faith that so the Antichrist...
...lands, when he was called away from his cherished studies to be an archbishop and a cardinal. A dozen years later his country was overwhelmed by a war conducted with a barbarity armed by all the resources of civilization. In that time of gloom his voice was to his flock a consolation, his face was a benediction. Four and a half long years he sustained the courage of his people; while his protests, which rang through out the world, were for the oppressors a rebuke and a defiance which they did not venture to suppress...