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George F. Hoar: “In sorrow it must utter its cry of pain; in victory, its note of triumph.”

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In sorrow it must utter its cry of pain; in victory, its note of triumph.
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George F. Hoar
Massachusetts

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Hoar emphasizes the orator's duty to express the people's emotions in both sorrow and victory.

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