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Not in Chicago, in the heat of June, but at the ballot-boxes of the Republic, in the quiet of November, after the silence of deliberate judgment, will this question be settled.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge F. Hoar: “Not in Chicago, in the heat of June, but at the ballot-boxes of the Republic, in the quiet of November, after the…”
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Hoar asserts that important decisions are made through careful consideration rather than immediate reactions.
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