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Rh "The people were right. Democracy, so giant-like and threatening, which with rude strength severs sacred ties and stamps out ancient landmarks—Democracy, though in ways undreamt of, did bring deliverance. For Democracy is sudden like the sea and grows dark with storms, and sweeps away many precious things; but, like the sea, it reflects the light of the wide heavens and cleanses the shores of human life."