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... memory like a picture painted by angel hands . As I find leisure I will try to give you a few more anecdotes of the public men I have met or known , or heard others speak of . These recollections will be free from personal or FRANKLIN ...
... memory like a picture painted by angel hands . As I find leisure I will try to give you a few more anecdotes of the public men I have met or known , or heard others speak of . These recollections will be free from personal or FRANKLIN ...
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... memory and mem- oranda , in the attempt to make the one a substitute for the other . The written record of a Life , which is a photograph of every day's doings , is incomparably superior to the faded and fading images of the mind ...
... memory and mem- oranda , in the attempt to make the one a substitute for the other . The written record of a Life , which is a photograph of every day's doings , is incomparably superior to the faded and fading images of the mind ...
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... memory by those who have profited by it . After passing through the magnificent dépôt and the adjacent build- ings , I said to an employé , " Who owns the most stock in the Illinois Central ? " " Indeed , I do not know , sir , " was his ...
... memory by those who have profited by it . After passing through the magnificent dépôt and the adjacent build- ings , I said to an employé , " Who owns the most stock in the Illinois Central ? " " Indeed , I do not know , sir , " was his ...
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... memory green ; and now good - by forever . " On the 7th of September , the very day of the election , I predicted the duel which took place on the 13th of the same month , and on the 16th my poor friend died from a wound received at the ...
... memory green ; and now good - by forever . " On the 7th of September , the very day of the election , I predicted the duel which took place on the 13th of the same month , and on the 16th my poor friend died from a wound received at the ...
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... memory . Mr. Buchanan delighted to have him at his frequent dinner - parties , and to in- troduce him to his distinguished guests as a prodigy . He read much and recollected every thing , and thus acquired a style all his own . His ...
... memory . Mr. Buchanan delighted to have him at his frequent dinner - parties , and to in- troduce him to his distinguished guests as a prodigy . He read much and recollected every thing , and thus acquired a style all his own . His ...
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| Title | Anecdotes of Public Men |
| Author | John Wien Forney |
| Publisher | Harper & Brothers, 1877 |
| Original from | University of Iowa |
| Digitized | 10 Sep 2015 |
| Length | 444 pages |
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