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Excerpt from Official Report of the Proceedings of the Fifteenth Republican National Convention: Held in Chicago, Illinois, June 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22, 1912, Resulting in the Nomination William Howard Taft, of Ohio, for President, and the Nomination of James Schoolcraft Sherman, of New York for Vice-President
The boys grew up in an atmosphere of earnest regard for public duty too little known in these days of the colossal and engrossing material development of the country. His father earned distinction in the service of city and state and nation, going from the Superior bench, to which he had been elected unanimously, to the place in Grant's cabinet now held by the son, then, as Attorney General, to the Department of Justice, and finally into the diplomatic service, as minister first to Austria and then to Russia. His mother, who was Miss Louise M. Torrey, also came of that staunch New England stock with whom conscience is the arbiter of action and duty performed the goal of service.
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