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It would have been infamous for Garfield to yield to the demand.
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Hoar asserts that it would have been morally wrong for Garfield to comply with Conkling's demands.
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It relates to matters more permanent than human life.
The irrepressible conflict had to be fought out.
And now, after the war, another enemy, unarmed, but bringing even greater danger, menaces the Republic.
He has fallen at the very gate of an honorable and eminent career, and a thousand hopes are buried in his grave.
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