In the tobacco country around Lowe's Crossroads, Ky., where Alben Barkley lived as a boy, going to church on Sunday was the most important event of the week. It was from the country preachers of Kentucky that young Alben acquired first impressions of oratorical technique, and the style he learned from them stayed with him to his last word. From the Sunday-meeting atmosphere he also drew many of his famed stories. He often told the one about the two deacons, one a Republican and one a Democrat, who were conducting a service...
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