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Bancroft had two enthusiasms which made him a great historian-- an enthusiasm for truth which spared no labor and left no stores of information unsearched, and an enthusiastic love of country.
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Hoar highlights Bancroft's dedication to truth and patriotism as key qualities that made him a great historian.
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