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As vanish the mists of the morning before the rays of a sunbeam, so error withdrew from the inquiries of the understanding.
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Hoar used a metaphor to describe the clarity that comes with understanding, contrasting it with the confusion of error.
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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.
You said the people of Lowell would not think very highly of me when they saw me riding through the streets in my carriage and knew it was paid for by the money of this bank.
Self-seeking political adventurers and demagogues have not been slow to take advantage of this feeling for their own purposes.
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