Perhaps in the end he fell short of realising the full measure of strength that his ardent friends anticipated, for he possessed none of the characteristics of the boss and seemed incapable of submitting to the daily drudgery that political leadership demands.
This reflection suggests that despite his potential, the individual struggled with the demands of political leadership.
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People were getting tired of bold action without achievement in the field, and every opponent of the Administration became a threnodist.
Its attitude was strong, defiant, and its only purpose apparently was to create a public sentiment hostile to the extension of slavery.
He set the custom of dictating bills in chancery to an amanuensis, doing it with such accuracy that a word had seldom to be changed.
This is the spirit in which I have determined for myself to come up to this great question, and to pass through it.
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