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Now that we have achieved all and more than our object, let us simply keep our word.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge F. Hoar: “Now that we have achieved all and more than our object, let us simply keep our word.”
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Hoar urges the U.S. to honor its commitments now that it has achieved its objectives in the war.
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