I have often said that there were four men who honored me with their friendship, whose counsel I liked to get under any difficult public responsibility, and that when these four men approved or agreed with anything I myself said or did, I did not care what the rest of mankind thought.
Hoar reflects on the value of friendship and counsel from a select group of influential men during his public life.
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