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George F. Hoar: “But it will be a great mistake to think that the American people do not estimate such things at their true value.”

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But it will be a great mistake to think that the American people do not estimate such things at their true value.
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George F. Hoar
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Hoar asserts that the American public does value serious discourse, contrary to some beliefs.

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