But I do not admit that the title of the historian or that of the poet to the gratitude and affection of mankind is greater than that of the soldier who saves nations, or that of the statesman who creates or preserves them, or who makes them great.
Hoar argues that the contributions of soldiers and statesmen are of equal or greater importance than those of poets and historians.
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