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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Lady Baltimore by Owen Wister: patriotism, are good citizens. He says of such people that 'eternal
vigilance cannot watch liberty and the ticker at the same time.' Do you
object to that? Why, the young man would be perfect, did he but attend
his primaries and vote more regularly,--and who wants a perfect young
man?
What would John Mayrant have done if Hortense had not challenged him as
she did?
I have never known, and I fear we might have had a tragedy.
Would the old ladies really have spoken to Augustus about the love
difficulties of John Mayrant?
I must plead guilty. The old ladies of Kings Port, like American
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