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The men who possess the capacity for coarse wit and rough repartee, and who indulge it, seldom get very far in public favor.
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Hoar reflects on the nature of public favor and the impact of humor in politics.
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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.
The honor and good fame of our beloved State is far above any question of party.
However any political antagonist might dislike him, every antagonist must respect him, and nobody could laugh at him.
It relates to matters more permanent than human life.
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