Activity in politics also produces eager competition and sharp rivalry.
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Nobody understood better than Mr. Lincoln the obvious truth that in politics it does not suffice merely to nominate candidates. Something must also be done to elect them.
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In the early West, law and politics were parallel roads to usefulness as well as distinction.
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It is therefore not to be wondered at that Lincoln's single term in the House of Representatives at Washington added practically nothing to his reputation.
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It turned out in the long run that Lincoln's credit and the popular confidence that supported it were as valuable both to his creditors and himself as if the sums which stood over his signature had been gold coin in a solvent bank.
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The Whigs, on their part, had held their first national convention in December, 1831, and nominated Henry Clay to dispute the succession.
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