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after his resignation.
The Congressman replied that such reports were always exaggerated, and spoke very warmly of Mr. Chase's great services in the hour of the country's extremity, his patriotism, and integrity to principle.
The tears instantly sprang into Mr. Lincoln's eyes.
“Yes,” said he, “that is true.
We have stood together in the time of trial, and I should despise myself if I allowed personal differences to affect my judgment of his fitness for the office of Chief Justice.”
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