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It is enough, and not too much, to say of my colleague that, as he lays down his office, the State that has been proud of them is proud of him.
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Hoar expresses pride in a colleague's service as they leave office, reflecting on their contributions to the state.
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He has fallen at the very gate of an honorable and eminent career, and a thousand hopes are buried in his grave.
And now, after the war, another enemy, unarmed, but bringing even greater danger, menaces the Republic.
Judge Hoar never doubted that the service of a clean, able, upright Circuit Court, appointed without political influence, and entirely acceptable to the public, was well worth the sacrifice.
Certainly if he had performed the promise of his boyhood he would have been one of the foremost men in American literature.
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