“My pollertics, like my religion, being of an exceedin' accommodatin' character.”

—  Artemus Ward

The Crisis.
Artemus Ward, His Book http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/eafbin2/toccer-eaf?id=Weaf482&tag=public&data=/www/data/eaf2/private/texts&part=0 (1862)

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