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He was ready at all times to do battle, in public or in private, when his countrymen were attacked.
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Hoar reflects on the readiness of a colleague to defend American values against criticism.
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What was said helped to arouse public attention, and the masses of the people--always pure and incorruptible--set themselves earnestly and successfully to reform the abuses.
His pure and lofty counsel fell unheeded upon the ears of his near neighbors, and the people of Massachusetts did not listen very patiently to lectures on political purity or reform in civil service from New York city.
He proceeded to attack, to promote his own ambitions, the fair name and fame of the Commonwealth itself.
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