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Nevertheless, he struggled on with industry and courage for more than twenty years, occasionally coming into public or political notice as a writer of caustic letters, or as a candidate for office.
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In this passage, Alexander acknowledges the perseverance of a man who continued to engage in politics despite numerous setbacks.
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And what have I to lose by withdrawing and leaving the party unembarrassed?
The heart of the country is fixed on higher and nobler things.
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.
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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