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I have had during my whole life to deal with that most difficult of all political problems, the relation to each other, in a Republic, of men of different races.
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Hoar reflects on the complex political dynamics between different racial groups in a republic, acknowledging the challenges of governance.
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What was said helped to arouse public attention, and the masses of the people--always pure and incorruptible--set themselves earnestly and successfully to reform the abuses.
His pure and lofty counsel fell unheeded upon the ears of his near neighbors, and the people of Massachusetts did not listen very patiently to lectures on political purity or reform in civil service from New York city.
But their names were wanting from the honorable roll of the men who accomplished them.
It relates to matters more permanent than human life.
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