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.
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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