The lawyers were shown as disinterested and well-informed figures who would tirelessly pursue what they saw as their client's best interests, whilst the protagonists themselves were " sacrificed . . . to the sociology, but they do it with a good grace ".
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He never asked to become the avatar of the age, a symbol of glitz who in his own life seemed to endure more than enjoy the importunings of the less-famous on the more so, all with a good grace and the patience of the truly adult.
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On 1 July following a great public meeting was held, at which Dr . Evans moved the adoption of a loyal address to Captain Hobson in a long speech, in which, whilst vindicating the legality of the proceedings of the council, he advised the settlers to sacrifice their feelings and submit to its dissolution with a good grace.