He was selfcontained. courteous. generous. decisive. aplomb. heroic. The period of his life in America corresponds with a startling and tremendous change in our country. Up to the time of his immigration to our shores the trenchant saying of a distinguished Frenchman in the last century. that America was a giant without bones. still held measurably true. America now is not only ponderous. gigantic. but organized and articulate. and is swiftly becoming the most influential national society. the most advanced and powerful molder of civilization that either has place or ever had place in the worlds history. Such a nation should be actuated. as it is actuated. by generous and noble sentiments.
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