He has had the rare good fortune among men of letters, to have proposed to himself a great task, requiring a lifetime for its accomplishment, the successful achievement of which is enough to make any life illustrious, and to have lived to complete it with powers of body and mind undiminished.
Hoar admires the rare achievement of a writer who dedicates their life to a monumental task and completes it successfully.
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