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A congressman is a pig. The only way to get his snout from the trough is to rap it sharply with a stick.
Henry Adams
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Henry Adams
Age: 80 †
Born: 1838
Born: February 16
Died: 1918
Died: March 27
Historian
Historian Of The Modern Age
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Boston
Massachusetts
Frances Snow Compton
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I think that Lee should have been hanged. It was all the worse that he was a good man and a fine character and acted conscientiously... It's always the good men who do the most harm in the world.
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I want to be advertised and the easiest way is to do something obnoxious and do it well.
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