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There were no men in it, I suppose, who were equal in reputation or personal authority to either of the great triumvirate--Webster, Clay and Calhoun.
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Hoar compares the reputation of his contemporaries in the Senate to the legendary figures of Webster, Clay, and Calhoun.
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