On the record
I cannot better close this imperfect sketch of her life than by giving the whole of it: of no one was it ever more worthily spoken than of her.
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Hoar reflects on the significance of a woman's life and the importance of how she is remembered.
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It will be better for his reputation that the chapter of that history which relates to him shall be written by a historian with a full and clear sense of those faults and infirmities, concealing nothing, and extenuating nothing.
He has fallen at the very gate of an honorable and eminent career, and a thousand hopes are buried in his grave.
What was said helped to arouse public attention, and the masses of the people--always pure and incorruptible--set themselves earnestly and successfully to reform the abuses.
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