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They are brief, compact, written in excellent English, and precisely fit the case before him without any extraneous or superfluous matter.
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Hoar describes the qualities of Judge Metcalf's legal writing, emphasizing its clarity and relevance.
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There has probably never been a man in our history upon whom so few people looked with indifference.
His election as Governor extracted the people from the mire of Know Nothingism.
Judge Hoar never doubted that the service of a clean, able, upright Circuit Court, appointed without political influence, and entirely acceptable to the public, was well worth the sacrifice.
He has fallen at the very gate of an honorable and eminent career, and a thousand hopes are buried in his grave.
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