Washington Close Ups Intimate Views of Some Public Figures
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Norris is the surest political barometer in the United States. He can't help being it. It is an inherent quality, like the wetness of water. He is on the domi- nant and majority side in any great mass movement in this country under the operation of a natural law that is just as sure and irresistible and inevitable as the law which compels water to seek its own level. 112 WASHINGTON CLOSE-UPS Mr. Wilson could not get the country in a mind to go to war until Norris and his like were clearly satis...fied that it was the right thing to do. When they saw the righteousness of it, the rest was easy. I believe you could have found nowhere any clearer vision and understanding of the processes of mind of the country at large, while public opinion was making on the league of nations and the peace treaty, than by ob- serving Norris's mental reactions as he changed from an ardent believer in the league idea to one of the "bitter-ender" opponents of the league and treaty. Take his own words: "I started this thing in good faith.
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