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No man values more than I do the function of the man of letters.
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Hoar expresses his high regard for the role of writers and intellectuals in society.
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Judge Hoar strenuously insisted that the Judges of the newly created Circuit Courts of the United States should be made up of the best lawyers, without Senatorial dictation.
But, as I have already said, when the time came, he always subordinated his own desire to what he deemed the welfare of the public.
And now, after the war, another enemy, unarmed, but bringing even greater danger, menaces the Republic.
The honor and good fame of our beloved State is far above any question of party.
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