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But it is as a soldier that his countrymen will remember him, and it is as a soldier that he would wish to be remembered.
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Hoar asserts that a soldier's legacy is primarily defined by their military service.
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But their names were wanting from the honorable roll of the men who accomplished them.
He would undoubtedly have taken a very high place in the public and official life of his generation if he had found himself in accord with either of the great political parties.
I am afraid they have of late yielded for a time to one strong temptation and missed an opportunity for still greater glory, that never will come back.
The honor and good fame of our beloved State is far above any question of party.
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