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The Judge himself must state the reasons for his opinions, which are to be read by a learned and critical profession and by posterity.
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Hoar highlights the necessity for judges to articulate the reasons behind their opinions for scrutiny.
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He indignantly rejected it, and declared he would not eat a creature that he loved.
Self-seeking political adventurers and demagogues have not been slow to take advantage of this feeling for their own purposes.
He proceeded to attack, to promote his own ambitions, the fair name and fame of the Commonwealth itself.
To yield to him was never the way to win his good will.
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