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But I thought the story of the important part of his life should be told from his point of view, and not from mine; that the reasons which governed him should be stated by a person sure to appreciate them fully.
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Hoar believes that the story of a person's life should be told from their perspective, not his own.
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Self-seeking political adventurers and demagogues have not been slow to take advantage of this feeling for their own purposes.
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His pure and lofty counsel fell unheeded upon the ears of his near neighbors, and the people of Massachusetts did not listen very patiently to lectures on political purity or reform in civil service from New York city.
And now, after the war, another enemy, unarmed, but bringing even greater danger, menaces the Republic.
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