But the fact that he came to that conclusion is enough to make me feel sure that there were strong reasons for it, which might well convince the clearest understanding, and be reconciled with the most conscientious desire to do right.
Hoar acknowledges the complexity of a colleague's reasoning despite his disagreement.
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However any political antagonist might dislike him, every antagonist must respect him, and nobody could laugh at him.
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.
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.
To yield to him was never the way to win his good will.
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