In political matters it is very hard for a man in office to be purer than his neighbours, — and, when he is so, he becomes troublesome.


Ch. 44 - Phineas Redux (1874)


In political matters it is very hard for a man in office to be purer than his neighbours, — and, when he is so, he becomes troublesome.

In political matters it is very hard for a man in office to be purer than his neighbours, — and, when he is so, he becomes troublesome.

In political matters it is very hard for a man in office to be purer than his neighbours, — and, when he is so, he becomes troublesome.

In political matters it is very hard for a man in office to be purer than his neighbours, — and, when he is so, he becomes troublesome.