Like an armed warrior like a plumed knight James G. Blaine marched down the halls of American Congress and threw his shining lance full and fair against the brazen foreheads of the defamers of his country and the malign-ers of his honor.
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About Charles J. Ingersoll

Charles J. Ingersoll was American politician and writer. Charles Jared Ingersoll was an American lawyer, writer and politician who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district from 1813 to 1815, Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district from 1841 to 1843 and Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district from 1843 to 1849. Read more on Wikipedia →

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  • Politics — Governance, civic duty, and the structures of power

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