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There is another, who, for more than twenty years has been employed in the first offices in the gift of his country, and whose probity and talents are second to those of none of his contemporaries.
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Daggett praises a long-serving public official for his integrity and talent, asserting his value to the country.
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Such is the constant termination of such revolutions, and shall we claim to be an exception?
We see industry and integrity rewarded with competence or wealth--we see intemperance and sloth followed with disease, loss of reputation and poverty.
On similar principles a wise people regard the conduct of other nations, and are solemnly admonished by their example.
Let not then the projector persuade us to adopt his theories with proofs of their danger thus glaring before our eyes.
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