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He was not only an intense partisan, but he had a positive genius for saying bitter things in the bitterest way.
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He describes a person's talent for delivering harsh criticisms in a particularly biting manner.
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Why should we now make any concessions to them?
The heart of the country is fixed on higher and nobler things.
And, Governor Seward, I have made it, though it be conceited in me to say so.
The act and the veto amounted to an appeal to the people, and in an instant the country was on fire.
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