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But he never has accomplished anything else of much importance when his point could not be carried by sheer blustering.
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Hoar critiques Butler's effectiveness, suggesting he relies on bluster rather than substance.
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But, as I have already said, when the time came, he always subordinated his own desire to what he deemed the welfare of the public.
His life, so far as he took part in political affairs, was devoted to objects wholly public, never personal.
Never rode to the wrong's redressing A worthier paladin.
He would undoubtedly have taken a very high place in the public and official life of his generation if he had found himself in accord with either of the great political parties.
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