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<span>Brief Translation:
Many leaders have tried, and will try in a world of sin and sadness. No-one pretends that voting is perfect. Yes, it has been said that voting is the worst type of government except all those other types that have been tried.
Basically he's saying that democracy (voting) is better than other ways to elect a government.</span>
Both Mark Twains and Thomas Eakins works portrayed a realistic view of the American life. Thomas Eakins used geometry and realism in his work. Mark Twain was an American novelist and humorist that also used realism in his work which generally entailed portraying a realistic view of life