He was to become a United States senator, and to serve, for eight years, with distinguished ability, as secretary of state in the Cabinet of President Grant; yet, in all that period, he never departed from the simple, sincere life that he was living in September, 1848.
This passage highlights the integrity and simplicity of a politician's life despite his high-profile career.
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