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When, in rare cases, he thoroughly believed in the righteousness of his case, he was irresistible.
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Hoar notes the compelling nature of a lawyer's arguments when he believed in their righteousness.
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Perhaps, taking him all together, the most brilliant man in Harvard in my time was John Felton.
The honor and good fame of our beloved State is far above any question of party.
His election as Governor extracted the people from the mire of Know Nothingism.
The large majority was made up of sensible, strong-headed country farmers, rather slow in making up their minds, but making them up always on considerations of what was best for the Commonwealth.
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