I have learned of him the great virtue of Hope; to judge of mankind by their merits and not their faults; to understand that the great currents of history, especially in a republic, more especially in our Republic, are determined by great and noble motives and not by mean and base motives.
Hoar reflects on the virtues he learned from Edward Everett Hale, particularly the importance of hope and understanding humanity's merits.
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