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In a certain period, a particular piece of news becomes popular, and people start talking about it everywhere and all the time. Then, this news fades into the past and is replaced by another. People begin thinking and talking about that one. Eventually, it too is replaced by yet another. And now, people are interested in this new topic, calling it "following trends." This is a predictable and, therefore, mechanical cycle.
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As we look over the list of the early leaders of the republic, Washington, John Adams, Hamilton, and others, we discern that they were all men who insisted upon being themselves and who refused to truckle to the people. With each succeeding generation, the growing demand of the people that its elective officials shall not lead but merely register the popular will has steadily undermined the independence of those who derive their power from popular election. The persistent refusal of the Adamses
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