It is a remarkable truth, which impresses itself upon me more and more the longer I live, that men who are perfectly sincere and patriotic may differ from each other on what seem the clearest principles of morals and duty, and yet both sides be conscientious and patriotic.
Hoar reflects on the complexity of moral and patriotic beliefs among individuals in society.
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