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To him the profession of the lawyer was a sacred office.
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Hoar reflects on the noble nature of the legal profession as he perceives it.
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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.
It relates to matters more permanent than human life.
Perhaps, taking him all together, the most brilliant man in Harvard in my time was John Felton.
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