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With beams December planets dart, His cold eye truth and conduct scanned; July was in his sunny heart, October in his liberal hand.
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Hoar uses vivid imagery to convey the complexity of a person's character and emotions.
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However any political antagonist might dislike him, every antagonist must respect him, and nobody could laugh at him.
To yield to him was never the way to win his good will.
As it is, the jetties have been of great value and well worth their cost.
What was said helped to arouse public attention, and the masses of the people--always pure and incorruptible--set themselves earnestly and successfully to reform the abuses.
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