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I am afraid the sympathy of the people who told the story was with the pump-maker and not with the lawyer.
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Hoar reflects on the public perception of a lawyer versus an inventor, highlighting societal biases.
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There has probably never been a man in our history upon whom so few people looked with indifference.
His life, so far as he took part in political affairs, was devoted to objects wholly public, never personal.
The honor and good fame of our beloved State is far above any question of party.
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