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of to-day, mention of whom has been made 

 in a former chapter, are not without their 

 wrongs. The Puritan proved himself a past- 

 master in the art of religious persecution, and 

 the working man of this enlightened day pays 

 sometimes with his life for venturing to work 

 out his own salvation. * The characteristic 

 of the average Congressman which has im- 

 pressed me most,' observes a member of the 

 House of Representatives who has himself 

 borne obloquy bravely, * because his cause 

 was just/ and because he has unlimited faith 

 in ' the sober second thought of the people ' 

 ' and which is, I think, at once most striking 

 and most humiliating, is his cringing to public 

 opinion ... a mad desire to ascertain what 

 is popular, and do it, regardless of its wisdom 

 or its consequences." 



In the excitement of the Presidential cam- 

 paign it was recently openly announced that 

 it was useless for the District Court of a cer- 

 tain State to attempt to hold a session, for 

 the reason that an honest and impartial jury 

 could not be found until after the election ; 

 political bias would influence all verdicts. 



Emotionalism, as it affects the application 



