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What is the meaning of" ugly step toward the gutter" and "Once on that course, it would not and could not turn back" in the following text?
After Labor Day, with election two months away and homestretch at hand, Fisk's campaign took its first ugly step toward the gutter. Once on that course, it would not and could not turn back.
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The gutter symbolizes low ideals, filth, prurience, crooked dealing, etc. The campaign had been clean up till then, when it employed its first underhanded tactic. After that, it had to continue that way, for reasons the writer should make clear.
- The gutter symbolizes low ideals, filth, prurience, crooked dealing, etc.
- The campaign had been clean up till then, when it employed its first underhanded tactic.
- After that, it had to continue that way, for reasons the writer should make clear.
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The gutter symbolizes low ideals, filth, prurience, crooked dealing, etc. The campaign had been clean up till then, when it employed its first underhanded tactic. After that, it had to continue that way, for reasons the writer should make clear.
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