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No man reveres more than I do the man of genius who in a loving and reverent way writes the history of a great people, or the poet from whose lyre comes the inspiration which induces heroic action in war and peace.
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Hoar acknowledges the importance of poets and historians in inspiring and documenting the actions of a great people.
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