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But in 1804 Burr found himself without a party, without a machine, and bitterly opposed by Hamilton.
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Alexander notes Burr's political isolation in 1804, highlighting the challenges he faced without party support.
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This reduced the question to ratification or secession.
Let us agree to put contentions aside and complete our task.
As he lived, so he died, a strange, lonely, unhappy man, out of tune with the beautiful world in which he was permitted to exist upward of four score years.
He used to get angry with men simply because they voted against him on questions in which he took an interest.
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