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He would have mastered for himself the great subjects to be dealt with in our foreign policy, as well as in domestic administration and legislation.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge F. Hoar: “He would have mastered for himself the great subjects to be dealt with in our foreign policy, as well as in domestic…”
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Hoar asserts that Garfield would have taken charge of key issues in both foreign and domestic policy.
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