It'll be an unholy muddle, that's for sure, " he was saying. "Me and Hardin and Baker all with our claws out for the same seat. The thing will have to be done carefully or we'll end up with out tidy little Whig house divided."" Why don't you take turns?"" It's worth thinking about, but no matter how much you'd like politics to be a cotillion it just naturally wants to be a dirt fight. Stephen Harrigan
About This Quote

This quote is taken from The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is the story of the famous Sherlock Holmes, who after returning from America tells Dr. Watson that there will be "an unholy muddle" in the English Parliament.

Source: A Friend Of Mr. Lincoln

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