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Madison Wisconsin State Journal (Newspaper) - October 14, 1920, Madison, Wisconsin FROM- A READER'S NOTEBOOK A U L E N M 'C U R D Y r e la te s t h a t w h ile a d d r e s s in g a N e w Y o rk r e � p u b l ic a n m e e tin g , h e u t t e r e d th e s e w o rd s , "T h is c o u n t r y , w i th i t s i n � s t i tu t io n s , b e lo n g s to th e p e o p le w h o in h a b i t it , W h e n e v e r th e y s h a l l g ro w w e a ry o f th e e x is t in g g o v - A e m m e rit, th e y c a n e x e rc is e F R E E th e i r c o n s t i tu t io n a l r ig h t o f P E O P L E a m e n d in g i t , o r t h e i r r e v o - ^ lu t io n a ry r ig h t to d is m e m � b e r i t ! " w h e re u p o n h o w a s so u n d ly , r o u n d ly a n d fu r io u s ly h is s e d . W h e n th e h is s in g h a d su b s id e d , M c � C u rd y r e m a rk e d t h a t h e h a d n e v e r t h o u g h t to l iv e to se e t h e t im e w h e n a r e p u b l ic a n m e e t in g in th e c h ie f c i ty c f th e la n d w o u ld h is s th e w o rd s o f A b r a h a m L in c o ln , t a k e n v e r b a t im f ro m h i s f i r s t in a u g u r a l a d d re s s . T h e s to r y is d r a m a t ic a l ly p e r fe c t . e n d e d r i g h t th e r e , a n d r e q u i r e s n o m o r a l is in g a s to h o w p e o p le liv e b y tr a d it io n , h a v e to o l i t t lo in d e p e n d e n c e o f th o u g h t , a n d c a n o n ly Ju d g e th e t r u t h o f a s t a te m e n t b y th e la b e l o f a u th o r i ty w h ic h i t w e a r s , e tc . 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