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He has never been found outside the ranks railing at or criticising the men who were doing the best work, or were doing the best work they knew how to do.
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This quote highlights the individual's commitment to constructive criticism and support for those working hard for change.
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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.
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.
But I confess I like to leave on record, if I may, some evidence which will contradict the charge so constantly made by critics near home, that I am a man of intense partisan and personal bitterness.
It is utterly impossible for me to support the Buffalo nomination.
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