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The men to whom the American people gives its respect, and whom it is willing to trust in the great places of power, are intelligent men of property, dignity and sobriety.
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Hoar emphasizes the qualities that earn respect and trust from the American people in leadership roles.
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Edward Everett preached a sermon when he was twenty-four years old before a large audience in the Representatives Chamber at Washington which was heard with breathless silence.
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.
Self-seeking political adventurers and demagogues have not been slow to take advantage of this feeling for their own purposes.
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