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He was in my judgment one of the wisest, sincerest and most honest and patriotic men who ever held the office.
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Hoar expresses his high regard for President Hayes, emphasizing his qualities as a leader.
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But I confess I like to leave on record, if I may, some evidence which will contradict the charge so constantly made by critics near home, that I am a man of intense partisan and personal bitterness.
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