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He had discharged honorably life's highest duty, and his cup of honor and of glory was full.
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Hoar reflects on a life well-lived, filled with honor and glory.
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But I confess I like to leave on record, if I may, some evidence which will contradict the charge so constantly made by critics near home, that I am a man of intense partisan and personal bitterness.
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.
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.
However any political antagonist might dislike him, every antagonist must respect him, and nobody could laugh at him.
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