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If he had stood stanchly on the New England doctrines and principles in which he was educated, and which I think he believed in his heart, he would have kept his State on the right side.
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Hoar reflects on the importance of adhering to New England principles, suggesting it could have changed political outcomes.
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He proceeded to attack, to promote his own ambitions, the fair name and fame of the Commonwealth itself.
And now, after the war, another enemy, unarmed, but bringing even greater danger, menaces the Republic.
He would undoubtedly have taken a very high place in the public and official life of his generation if he had found himself in accord with either of the great political parties.
It will be better for his reputation that the chapter of that history which relates to him shall be written by a historian with a full and clear sense of those faults and infirmities, concealing nothing, and extenuating nothing.
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