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But while all his opinions are full of precedent and contain all the learning of the case, he was, I think, equally remarkable for the wisdom, good sense, and strength of his judgments.
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Hoar highlights the balance of legal knowledge and wisdom in Judge Gray's judgments.
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And now, after the war, another enemy, unarmed, but bringing even greater danger, menaces the Republic.
He proceeded to attack, to promote his own ambitions, the fair name and fame of the Commonwealth itself.
He indignantly rejected it, and declared he would not eat a creature that he loved.
There has probably never been a man in our history upon whom so few people looked with indifference.
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