"On Andrew Jackson: "His native strength compelled every man to be his tool that came within his reach; and the more cunning the individual might be, i...

There are few uglier traits of human nature than this tendency—which I now witnessed in men no worse than their neighbours—to grow cruel, merely because they possessed the power of inflicting harm.
There are few uglier traits of human nature than this tendency—which I now witnessed in men no worse...
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