In writing these recollections, I have dwelt altogether too much on little foibles and weaknesses, which seem to have something amusing in them, and too little, I am afraid, on the greater qualities of the men with whom I have served.
Hoar reflects on his tendency to focus on minor flaws rather than the greater qualities of his colleagues.
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