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So, if any President shall hereafter repeat this attempt it will require a good deal of firmness to defeat it.
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Hoar warns that future attempts by a President to exert influence will require strong resistance.
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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.
And now, after the war, another enemy, unarmed, but bringing even greater danger, menaces the Republic.
Judge Hoar never doubted that the service of a clean, able, upright Circuit Court, appointed without political influence, and entirely acceptable to the public, was well worth the sacrifice.
His life, so far as he took part in political affairs, was devoted to objects wholly public, never personal.
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