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He was an anti-slavery man, a friend to temperance and an earnest supporter of the public school system, and he would not have hesitated to promote those objects by arrangements with friends or enemies.
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Boutwell acknowledges Stevens' commitment to anti-slavery, temperance, and public education.
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If others depart from this rule in their dealings with us, we may be compelled to follow their precedent.
He was the possessor of an elastic spirit; he was always hopeful of the future and in adversity he saw or fancied that he saw, days of prosperity for himself, for his party, for the commonwealth and for the country.
He was so great that it was not a humiliation to acknowledge a change in opinion, or to admit an error in policy or purpose.
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