Philip Sterling

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The chances are that a man cannot get into congress now without resorting to arts and means that should render him unfit to go there.

Mark Twain

The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today

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Topic

Venality of politicians Political corruption Corruption American politics Politics

Speaker

Philip Sterling

Author

Mark Twain

Source

The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1873 1870s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Twain, Mark and Charles Dudley Warner. The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today. Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1873, ch. 50.

Current Citation

Twain, Mark and Charles Dudley Warner. "The Gilded Age." Mark Twain: The Gilded Age and Later Novels, edited by Hamlin Hill. Library of America, 2002, ch. 50.