German that he was by bith. GUSTAVE ScnLEicmaR was thoroughly American in all his feelings his sympathies. and aspirations. His emigration to America was not the freak of a dreamer. nor the fortuitous chance of an adventure. but the manifestationof that feeling. then incipient but later inlife fully matured. which saw in republican government the highest interest and largest liberty for the great mass of the people. and in America the widest field and most favorable conditions for human advancement. His bold and independent intellect. profoundly versed in the philosophy of government drawn from personal observation of the practical working of the opposing theories of the old and new worlds. did not hesitate to accept American constitutional government as the best yet discovered. for the preservation of the rights and liberties of men. While not an enthusiast by nature.
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