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Previous Legislative Experience of United States Senators by Agnes Wallace Smith, 1912

Previous Legislative Experience of United States Senators by Agnes Wallace Smith, 1912, Page 4

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3 The desire for power lies in the heart of every true American citizen. The avenues whereby that desire finds expression are as varied as the individuals themselves. To some a natural born leadership makes expression easy; to others, it is only by slow and labored stages that any marked degree of influence is attained, In no field is it more true than in politics, that "some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them". To the first class belong a limited few like John Quincy Adams. The next list is by far the longest of the three and is composed of men like Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, and Abraham Lincoln. To the next class belong those few men who have stepped im-
 
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