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I have no doubt, from a present reading of the papers, but that he would have retained me as a juvenile offender if I had made a suitable apology, but the instinct of a boy to stand up for his party was strong.
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Sherman discusses the conflict between his political beliefs and the consequences he faced as a young man.
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