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Hoar was of transcendent excellence, and had a most overpowering effect upon the House.
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Hoar's speeches were known for their powerful impact on legislative discussions.
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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.
He proceeded to attack, to promote his own ambitions, the fair name and fame of the Commonwealth itself.
He indignantly rejected it, and declared he would not eat a creature that he loved.
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.
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