“Their problem was how to adapt English principles and precedents to the new conditions of American life, and they solved it with singular discretion. They put as many obstacles as they could contrive, not in the way of the people's will, but of their whim.”

On Democracy (6 October 1884)

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American poet, critic, editor, and diplomat 1819–1891

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