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Judge Shaw, in his latter days, was reverenced by the people of Massachusetts as if he were a demi-god.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge F. Hoar: “Judge Shaw, in his latter days, was reverenced by the people of Massachusetts as if he were a demi-god.”
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Hoar describes the high regard in which Judge Shaw was held by the people of Massachusetts.
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