The Promise of American Life
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William Travers Jerome has not so assured a rank in the hierarchy ofreformers as he had a few years ago, but his work and his point of viewremain typical and significant. Unlike Mr. Bryan, he is in temperamentand sympathies far from being an old-fashioned Democrat. He is, as hisofficial expositor, the late Mr. Alfred Hodder, says, "a typicalAmerican of the new time. " No old-fashioned Democrat would have smokedcigarettes, tossed dice in public for drinks, and "handed out" slang tohis constituen...ts; and his unconventionally in these respects is merelyan occasional expression of a novel, individual, and refreshing point ofview. Mr. Jerome alone among American politicians has made a specialtyof plain speaking. He has revolted against the tradition in our politicswhich seeks to stop every leak with a good intention and plaster everysore with a "decorative phrase. " He has, says Mr. Hodder, "a partlyGallic passion for intellectual veracity, for a clear recognition of thefacts before him, however ugly, and a wholly Gallic hatred ofhypocrisy.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
William Travers Jerome has not so assured a rank in the hierarchy ofreformers as he had a few years ago, but his work and his point of viewremain typical and significant. Unlike Mr. Bryan, he is in temperamentand sympathies far from being an old-fashioned Democrat. He is, as hisofficial expositor, the late Mr. Alfred Hodder, says, "a typicalAmerican of the new time. " No old-fashioned Democrat would have smokedcigarettes, tossed dice in public for drinks, and "handed out" slang tohis constituen...ts; and his unconventionally in these respects is merelyan occasional expression of a novel, individual, and refreshing point ofview. Mr. Jerome alone among American politicians has made a specialtyof plain speaking. He has revolted against the tradition in our politicswhich seeks to stop every leak with a good intention and plaster everysore with a "decorative phrase. " He has, says Mr. Hodder, "a partlyGallic passion for intellectual veracity, for a clear recognition of thefacts before him, however ugly, and a wholly Gallic hatred ofhypocrisy.
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