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He was watchful to lay down no doctrine which would not stand this test.
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Hoar reflects on the importance of maintaining principles that withstand scrutiny.
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But, as I have already said, when the time came, he always subordinated his own desire to what he deemed the welfare of the public.
It will be better for his reputation that the chapter of that history which relates to him shall be written by a historian with a full and clear sense of those faults and infirmities, concealing nothing, and extenuating nothing.
I am afraid they have of late yielded for a time to one strong temptation and missed an opportunity for still greater glory, that never will come back.
He would undoubtedly have taken a very high place in the public and official life of his generation if he had found himself in accord with either of the great political parties.
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