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Adventures in Contentment
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David Grayson
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Be
it
far
from
me
to
pretend
that
we
are
always
right
or
that
we
have
arrived
in
our
country
at
the
perfection
of
self-government.
I
do
not
wish
to
imply
that
all
of
our
people
are
interested,
that
all
attend
the
caucuses
and
school-meetings
(some
of
the
most
prominent
never
come
near--they
stay
away,
and
if
things
don't
go
right
they
blame
Charles
Baxter!)
Nor
must
I
over-emphasise
the
seriousness
of
our
public
interest.
But
we
certainly
have
here,
if
anywhere
in
this
nation,
real
self-government.
Growth
is
a
slow
process.
We
often
fail
in
our
election
of
delegates
to
State
conventions;
we
sometimes
vote
wrong
in
national
affairs.
It
is
an
easy
thing
to
think
school
district;
difficult,
indeed,
to
think
State
or
nation.
But
we
grow.
When
we
make
mistakes,
it
is
not
because
we
are
evil,
but
because
we
don't
know.
Once
we
get
a
clear
understanding
of
the
right
or
wrong
of
any
question
you
can
depend
upon
us--absolutely--to
vote
for
what
is
right.
With
more
education
we
shall
be
able
to
think
in
larger
and
larger
circles--until
we
become,
finally,
really
national
in
our
interests
and
sympathies.
Whenever
a
man
comes
along
who
knows
how
simple
we
are,
and
how
much
we
really
want
to
do
right,
if
we
can
be
convinced
that
a
thing
is
right--who
explains
how
the
railroad
question,
for
example,
affects
us
in
our
intimate
daily
lives,
what
the
rights
and
wrongs
of
it
are,
why,
we
can
understand
and
do
understand--and
we
are
ready
to
act.
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