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Then Grant was apt, as I have said in another place, to sympathize with men who were bitterly attacked, especially men who were charged with dishonesty or corruption, because such charges were made against him.
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George F. Hoar
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Hoar notes Grant's tendency to sympathize with those who faced accusations of dishonesty, reflecting on his own experiences.

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