The book Abraham Lincoln ; Wendell Phillips : Addresses was written by author Irish, E. M. (Edwin Marshall), B. 1848 Here you can read free online of Abraham Lincoln ; Wendell Phillips : Addresses book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Abraham Lincoln ; Wendell Phillips : Addresses a good or bad book?
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But it is not so with the lonely champion of a despised cause. Discouragement was often the lot of Phillips. He never had a party behind him to sustain him, and take kindly to his speeches. In Congress he would have been out of place. The poli- tician must be careful of his words. He must suppress his thoughts at his peril, for they will cost him votes. A politician doesn't have views. You couldn't find one about him even with an X-ray photograph. You couldn't take his photograph, because he is... a negative himself, and not the view. The mind of a politician is a looking glass. Across its surface the inconstant whims of the populace o:? flit. But the fitful dampness of every rising storm clouds it so that it cannot — reflect. No man can be a true orator unless he dares to think, and then to think out loud. Herbert Spencer once refused to have his name put up for the English Parliament. He said : 'Parliament is the index on the dial. It will always point where the pressure of the people crowds it, and no higher.' He added that he could have more influence on the laws if he staid outside.
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