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They have been compelled, each in his own way, to chastise and punish him because he deserved to be whipped.
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Hoar asserts that various political figures had to discipline Butler for his behavior.
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I am afraid they have of late yielded for a time to one strong temptation and missed an opportunity for still greater glory, that never will come back.
It relates to matters more permanent than human life.
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He proceeded to attack, to promote his own ambitions, the fair name and fame of the Commonwealth itself.
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