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Besides, his four years' service as governor, strengthened by the veto of several bills calculated to increase the public burdens, had received the unmistakable approval of the people.
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This statement highlights the public's approval of a governor's actions that aimed to lessen the financial burden on citizens.
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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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