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That one act of magnanimous self-denial gave to American history two of its brightest names,--the name of Thomas and the name of Logan.
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Hoar reflects on the impact of a significant act of self-denial in American history.
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Self-seeking political adventurers and demagogues have not been slow to take advantage of this feeling for their own purposes.
He indignantly rejected it, and declared he would not eat a creature that he loved.
He has fallen at the very gate of an honorable and eminent career, and a thousand hopes are buried in his grave.
His life, so far as he took part in political affairs, was devoted to objects wholly public, never personal.
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