On the record
I have done what I thought for the public interest without much troubling myself about public opinion.
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Hoar reflects on his commitment to the public interest over public opinion.
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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.
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.
Self-seeking political adventurers and demagogues have not been slow to take advantage of this feeling for their own purposes.
The irrepressible conflict had to be fought out.
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