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Show "There aro men who do not divide aclons merely Into those that are honest and those that aro not, but croato a third subdivision that of law honesty, of that kind of hone3ty which consists in keeping clear of the penitentiary peni-tentiary Tho distinction upon which wo must insist is tho vital, deep-lying, deep-lying, unchangeable distinction between be-tween tho honest man and tho dishonest dishon-est man There are men who uso tho phrase 'practical politics' as moroly a euphemism for dirty politics, and it Is such men who have brought tho word 'politician' into discredit. There aro other men who uso tho noxious phraso 'business is business' as an excuso for every kind of mean and crooked work, and these men make honest Americans hang their heads becauso of some of tho things they do Tho scoundrel who fails can nover by any possibility bo as dangerous as tho scoundrel who succeeds, suc-ceeds, and of all tho men In the country, coun-try, the worst citizens, those who should cxclto in our minds tho most contemptuous abhorrence, aro tho men who liavo achieved great wealth, or any other form of success, in any save a clean and straightforward manner." President Roosevelt at Atlanta, At-lanta, October 20. |