The farmer boy's determined, patient preparation for public life, and his fortitude in the face of conscious disadvantages, ought also to have suggested that the young man was made of sterner stuff than the obedient Theodorus Bailey.
This quote emphasizes the resilience and determination of a young man preparing for public life despite challenges.
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Thoughtful men who were not in any sense political partisans gave careful heed to his words.
And is it not needed when its taking helps us and hurts our enemy?
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.
If Joel Weed lived as a beggar, Thurlow thought as a king.
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