Why we need newspapers III

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Polite and politic. They aren't related. Polite is from the Latin verb polire, to polish. Politic is from the Greek polites (citizens, from polis, or city). Polite and politic. Their similarities are different.

Locofocoism might be due for a revival.

*From the Liberty (Mo.) Weekly Tribune of August 17, 1849. Col. Benton is Senator Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri, a great-uncle of the artist. The article is downloaded from the Historic Missouri Newspaper Project website, where the Liberty newspaper is a particular treasure, as far as I am concerned.