Sentence:  He is most effective in the ordinary business of the House , and in the legislative accomplishments of this session , he easily rose to great occasion - even at the height of unpleasantness and exciting legislative struggle - and as the Nation witnessed these contests , he rose , even as admitted by those who <WSD>differed</WSD> with him , to the proportions of a hero and a noble partisan . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  be different