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All these facts combined--his romantic history, his unflinching steadiness of purpose, his unswerving devotion to the Union--would have made him an irresistibly strong candidate had he been presented.
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Blaine argues that Houston's unique qualities would have made him a formidable candidate if he had been nominated.
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