"A furious Party Spirit, when it rages in its full Violence, exerts itself in Civil War and Blood-shed; and when it is under its greatest Restraints naturally breaks out in Falshood, Detraction, Calumny, and a partial Administration of Justice. In a word, It fills a Nation with Spleen and Rancour, and extinguishes all the Seeds of Good-nature, Compassion, and Humanity."
-Joseph Addison, Spectator No. 125
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