It was not wholly unnatural that the men who, in dealing with each other, were men of scrupulous honor and of undoubted courage should have brought themselves to do such things, or at any rate to screen and sympathize with the more hot- headed men who did them.
Hoar reflects on the moral complexities of individuals who, despite being honorable, participated in or supported unjust actions.
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