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But America is a great, unwieldy Body. Its Progress must be slow. It is like a large Fleet sailing under Convoy. The fleetest Sailors must wait for the dullest and slowest. Like a Coach and six—the swiftest Horses must be slackened and the slowest quickened, that all may keep an even Pace.

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John Jeremy Thorpe

John Jeremy Thorpe (born April 29, 1929) is a British politician, who was leader of the Liberal Party from 1967 to 1976. He is remembered for losing his position, as well as his seat in Parliament, after he was accused of conspiring to murder a man who claimed to be a former lover. Thorpe was later acquitted of the charges.

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