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Willard, drawing himself up to his full height, with the great solemnity of tone of which he was master: "Sir, I do not permit myself to make the laws of my country the subject of a bet.
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Hoar recounts a moment of legal decorum and seriousness displayed by Willard in a courtroom setting.
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