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He frequently allowed his fierce indignation to get the better of his tongue.
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This reflects on the character of DeWitt Clinton, highlighting his emotional responses in political discourse.
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This reckless claim amazed his friends as much as it aroused his enemies, and he at once became the object of most cutting reproaches.
And, Governor Seward, I have made it, though it be conceited in me to say so.
And what have I to lose by withdrawing and leaving the party unembarrassed?
But Tilden, conscious of the need of an anti-Tweed legislature, had surmised the Ring's plan as early as Tweed devised it, and he replied with firmness that everything beside the legislative ticket was of minor importance to him.
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