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the American revolution is that revolutionary
moyfments, with equally and liberty, have begun
throuehout The Old World. Be that as it may as
g public bodies and national stability Macon
found pnblic life no more precarious or unprofta-
BILE, and less toisome OF iIksome than private pur-
suits; and if American legislatures had more of
such men, faithfully representing sovereign peo-
pie. public life would be reasonable support, and
the most honorable occupation. For State legis-
latures and Congress in most instances, are the
mere chysalis between worm and butterfly, where


insect members perish after short fight But
such is no legitimate rotation in office, nor the
public service Macon performed With him,
place in Congress was the ultimate, not penulli
mate or intermediate stage the goal, not the STEP
pingstone to some more profitable place or specu-


alon, but that to which he dedicated all the facul
ties of his life