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I had not thought him great, but I had not suspected how small he was.
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Alexander reflects on a person's unexpected lack of greatness, highlighting a moment of personal revelation.
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And is it not needed when its taking helps us and hurts our enemy?
Thoughtful men who were not in any sense political partisans gave careful heed to his words.
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.
It cared nothing for the Democratic party except as it contributed to its selfish ends.
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