![]() To succeed in a plot was to have a shrewd head, to divine a plot a still shrewder but to try to provide against having to do either was to break up your party and to be afraid of your adversaries. The advocate of extreme measures was always trustworthy his opponent a man to be suspected. ![]() Frantic violence became the attribute of manliness cautious plotting a justifiable means of self-defense. Reckless audacity came to be considered the courage of a loyal supporter prudent hesitation, specious cowardice moderation was held to be a cloak for unmanliness ability to see all sides of a question incapacity to act on any. ![]() ![]() “Words had to change their ordinary meaning and to take that which was now given them. ![]()
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