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I regret exceedingly that I could not be in my place to express my sense of the great public loss and my warm personal admiration for his great qualities of intellect and of heart.
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Hoar expresses his regret for not being present to honor a deceased colleague, highlighting his admiration.
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His life, so far as he took part in political affairs, was devoted to objects wholly public, never personal.
His election as Governor extracted the people from the mire of Know Nothingism.
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