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Page 13
He was , as usual , in earnest sympathy with the extreme South ; but he received me and treated me like a brother , and the day I spent with him lives in my memory like a picture painted by angel hands . As I find leisure I will try to ...
He was , as usual , in earnest sympathy with the extreme South ; but he received me and treated me like a brother , and the day I spent with him lives in my memory like a picture painted by angel hands . As I find leisure I will try to ...
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One realizes the broad distinction between memory and memoranda , 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 ...
One realizes the broad distinction between memory and memoranda , 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 ...
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... drawing the contrast between the vital and vigorous championship of Douglas of this stupendous work and the studied neglect of his memory by those who have profited by it . After passing through the magnificent dépôt and the ...
... drawing the contrast between the vital and vigorous championship of Douglas of this stupendous work and the studied neglect of his memory by those who have profited by it . After passing through the magnificent dépôt and the ...
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You will live to write of me and to keep my 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 ...
You will live to write of me and to keep my 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 ...
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... his retorts so quick , his humor so eccentric , that it would have required a rare adept to follow him . He was the favorite of every social circle — was sought after for his wit , his scholarship , and his memory .
... his retorts so quick , his humor so eccentric , that it would have required a rare adept to follow him . He was the favorite of every social circle — was sought after for his wit , his scholarship , and his memory .
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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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