John Jay Chapman

John Jay Chapman (March 2, 1862 – November 4, 1933) was an American author.

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    A political organization is a transferable commodity. You could not find a better way of killing virtue than by packing it into one of these contraptions which some gang of thieves is sure to find useful.
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    It was in and about the Martinmas time,
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    With a binding like you’ve got, people are gonna want to know what’s in the book.
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    Good government is the outcome of private virtue.
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