Long habit had accustomed the American people to the notion of a party in power, and of a President as its creature and organ, while the more vital f… - James Russell Lowell

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Long habit had accustomed the American people to the notion of a party in power, and of a President as its creature and organ, while the more vital fact, that the executive for the time being represents the abstract idea of government as a permanent principle superior to all party and all private interest, had gradually become unfamiliar.