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The intense passion for the soil which animated him at Marshfield was only a fragment of that higher passion for his country  feeling never tainted by sectionalism or local prejudice. It was this profound love for the Union, coupled with his surpassing gift of eloquence in expressing that love and inspiring it in all who heard him, that distinguishes him for all time. THE INTENSE PASSION FOR THE SOIL WHICH ANIMATED HIM AT MARSFIELD WAS ONLY A FRAGMENT OF THAT HIGHER PASSION FOR HIS COUNTRY FEELING NEVER TAINTED BY SECTIONALISM OR LOCAL PREJUDICE IT WAS THIS PROFOUND LOVE FOR THE UNION COUPLED WITH HIS SURPASSING GIFT OF ELOQUENCE IN EXPRESSING THAT LOVE AND INSPIRING IT IN ALL WHO HEARD HIM THAT DISTINGUISHES HIM FOR ALL TIME
domestic losses and somewhat vitiated by flattery were, perhaps, inevitable. He was bitterly condemned--more bitterly by his contemporaries than by those who now study his words and work--for lowering his high standard in regard to slavery. It is impossible to refute the accusation, at the end of his life, of a carelessness approaching unscrupulousness in money matters. His personal failings, which were those of a man of exceptional vitality, have been heavily--too heavily--emphasized. He ate and drank and spent money lavishly; he had a fine library; he loved handsome plate and good service and good living. He was generous; he was kind. That he was susceptible to adulation and, after the death of his first wife, drifted into associations less admirable than those of his earlier years, are the dark threads of a woof underrunning a majestic warp. He adored his country with a fervor that savors of the heroic, and when he said, "There are no Alleghanies in my politics," he spoke the truth. LD HAVE BECOME SADDENED BY DOMESTIC LOSSES AND SOMEWHAT VITIATED BY FLATTERY WERE PERHAPS INEVITABLE HE WAS BITTERLY CONDEMNED MORE BITTERLY BY HIS CONTEMPORARIES THAN BY THOSE WHO NOW STUDY HIS WORDS AND WORK FOR LOWERING HIS HIGH STANDARD IN REGARD TO SLAVERY IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO REFUTE THE ACCUSATION AT THE END OF HIS LIFE OF A CARELESSNESS APPROACHING UNSCRUPULOUSNESS IN MONEY MATTERS HIS PERSONAL FAILINGS WHICH WERE THOSE OF A MAN OF EXCEPTIONAL VITALITY HAVE BEEN HEAVILY TOO HEAVILY EMPHASIZED HE ATE AND DRANK AND SPENT MONEY LAVISHLY HE HAD A FINE LIBRARY HE LOVED HANDSOME PLATE AND GOOD SERVICE AND GOOD LIVING HE WAS GENEROUS HE WAS KIND THAT HE WAS SUSCEPTIBLE TO ADULATION AND AFTER THE DEATH OF HIS FIRST WIFE DRIFTED INTO ASSOCIATIONS LESS ADMIRABLE THAN THOSE OF HIS EARLIER YEARS ARE THE DARK THREADS OF A WOLF UNDER RUNNING A MAJESTIC WARP HE ADORED HIS COUNTRY WITH A FERVOR THAT SAVOURS OF THE HEROIC AND WHEN HE SAID THERE ARE NO ALLEGHANIES IN MY POLITICS HE SPOKE THE TRUTH
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