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The one thing he had done in life of which he was very proud and which was of most importance, was bringing about the nomination of Abraham Lincoln at Chicago.
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Hoar reflects on the significant role David Davis played in Abraham Lincoln's nomination, highlighting the importance of this event in American political history.
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His life, so far as he took part in political affairs, was devoted to objects wholly public, never personal.
He indignantly rejected it, and declared he would not eat a creature that he loved.
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He has fallen at the very gate of an honorable and eminent career, and a thousand hopes are buried in his grave.
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