The minds of some of our statesmen, like the pupil of the human eye, contract themselves the more, the stronger light there is shed upon them. (Thomas Moore)

The minds of some of our statesmen, like the pupil of the human eye, contract themselves the more, the stronger light there is shed upon them.

Thomas Moore

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