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It is the duty of the advocate to perform his office in the mode best calculated to cause all such considerations to make their due impression.
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Hoar outlines the advocate's duty to present arguments effectively while considering all relevant factors.
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I am afraid they have of late yielded for a time to one strong temptation and missed an opportunity for still greater glory, that never will come back.
But, as I have already said, when the time came, he always subordinated his own desire to what he deemed the welfare of the public.
However any political antagonist might dislike him, every antagonist must respect him, and nobody could laugh at him.
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.
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