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President
n. The leading figure in a small group of men of whom — and of whom only — it is positively known that immense numbers of their countrymen did not want any of them for President.
If that’s an honor surely ’tis a greater To have been a simple and undamned spectator. Behold in me a man of mark and note Whom no elector e’er denied a vote! — An undiscredited, unhooted gent Who might, for all we know, be President By acclimation. Cheer, ye varlets, cheer — I’m passing with a wide and open ear!
Jonathan Fomry
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