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Next to the assassination of Lincoln, his death was the greatest national misfortune ever caused to this country by the loss of a single life.
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gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Hoar reflects on the impact of President Garfield's death, comparing it to Lincoln's assassination as a significant national tragedy.
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It relates to matters more permanent than human life.
However any political antagonist might dislike him, every antagonist must respect him, and nobody could laugh at him.
His life, so far as he took part in political affairs, was devoted to objects wholly public, never personal.
But their names were wanting from the honorable roll of the men who accomplished them.
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