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When Justin Morrill died, not only a great figure left the Senate Chamber--the image of the ancient virtue of New England-- but an era in our national history came to an end.
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Hoar commemorates the passing of Justin Morrill as a significant loss for the Senate and a marker of a historical era's end.
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