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Cowperwood and the Governor

           ItwasthisthatlitforeverthebeaconfiresofTroy,thatthunderedeternallyinthehorses’hoofsatArbelaandinthegunsatWaterloo.Idealswerehereatstakethedreamsofonemanasopposedperhapstotheultimatedreamsofacityorstateornationthegrovelingsandwallowingsofademocracyslowly,blindlytryingtostaggertoitsfeet.Inthisconflicttakingplaceinaninlandcottage-dottedstatewheremenwereclownsandchurls,dancingfiddlersatcountryfairswereopposed,asthegovernorsawit,theidealsofonemanandtheidealsofmen.

           GovernorSwansondecidedaftermaturedeliberationtovetothebill.Cowperwood,debonairasever,faithfulasevertohislogicandhisconceptionofindividuality,wasdeterminedthatnostoneshouldbeleftunturnedthatwouldpermithimtotriumph,thatwouldcarryhimfinallytothegorgeousthroneofhisownconstruction.Havingfirstengineeredthematterthroughthelegislaturebyatortuousprocess,fireduponateverystepbythepress,henextsentvariousindividualsstatelegislators,representativesoftheC.W.&I.,membersofoutsidecorporationstoseethegovernor,butSwansonwasadamant.Hedidnotseehowhecouldconscientiouslysanctionthebill.

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