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I am satisfied, in looking back, that I myself underrated his strength as a candidate.
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Hoar reflects on his past judgment of a political candidate's strength.
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What was said helped to arouse public attention, and the masses of the people--always pure and incorruptible--set themselves earnestly and successfully to reform the abuses.
His pure and lofty counsel fell unheeded upon the ears of his near neighbors, and the people of Massachusetts did not listen very patiently to lectures on political purity or reform in civil service from New York city.
His election as Governor extracted the people from the mire of Know Nothingism.
Never rode to the wrong's redressing A worthier paladin.
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