On the record
I believe every charge he made broke down on his own evidence or was thoroughly refuted.
Source
gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Hoar expresses his belief that the charges made against the Commonwealth were unfounded and disproven, emphasizing the importance of evidence.
Share
More from George F. Hoar
He has fallen at the very gate of an honorable and eminent career, and a thousand hopes are buried in his grave.
It would have been a worse civil war than that of the Rebellion, because the country would have been divided not by sections, but by parties.
Certainly if he had performed the promise of his boyhood he would have been one of the foremost men in American literature.
He would undoubtedly have taken a very high place in the public and official life of his generation if he had found himself in accord with either of the great political parties.
Other voices in this conversation
