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He was unrelenting in his enmities, and at any time was willing to sacrifice to them his party and the interests of the country.
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Hoar describes a politician's unyielding enmity and its detrimental effects on party and national interests.
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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.
However any political antagonist might dislike him, every antagonist must respect him, and nobody could laugh at him.
Self-seeking political adventurers and demagogues have not been slow to take advantage of this feeling for their own purposes.
He proceeded to attack, to promote his own ambitions, the fair name and fame of the Commonwealth itself.
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