The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-11-09
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ably none that ever wm be publishcd--can bear any
ccpasison 70 this In theron ghness, fuliness Of In
eldent and conscientious fidelity.
This biography has evidently been labor Of love,
and the years Of patent assiucgs tcil IL has coss
have been given with ungrudging. sntirtng enthn-
siasm.--tN. r. Tribune.
Atlength The public have Life pf Thonas Jsfs
ferson that is not only fascinating. and therefore
sure to be popular, but one thatwil stand the a.
sentiAl historical test that of aecuray andtSutk~
fuincss. II IL seen that the groupd-wsrk of the
whole fs authentic contemporary material, and u
the highsst order. To gather ithas been the work
Of years. Wewculd not com pare this volume With
that tuimitable and Incompatible biography Of
Boswell, and yet faithful Ia the portesftnrs that
Jefferson is made to draw Of himself. thai bis No
tars, his very soul, Is deiiniated with dstinct-
ness not unlike that In which johnson stands out
in the pages OF Doswell.--f Boston Post.
Imbucd with that enthusiastic admiration Of his
subject, Without which biagsapher IL Ssrtly suo-
cessful, Mr. Randall nevertheless does not seek to
self or from the reader. He paints tho picture a.
Cromwell Insisted bis should be painted, "wAris
and ALL The picture gains by this In iife-h
coiorng, wiahcst losing any Of its majeatie pro-
portions.--[ Albany Eve. Jour.
No one who runs. however casually. over this
work. will fail to be that Mr.. Randall has
added very largely to tho worlds stock of infcr-
nation about Jefferson. thst he has had sceess 10
source hitherto unex plered, and that he has done
more than over done by any one before him 10
illustrate the personality Of that great ststcsmaa.
IN. II. Eve. post.
We have read with delight Mr.. Randall's cspti-
ating details Of Mr.. Jeferscn's personal history,
whieh hs has ssdulously gathered, and admirably
grouped together, from great variety Of authentic
sosrccs, hitherto unexplcred. Our Of thetempfing
richness Of his masras, the ablr and oied sighted
author has constructed = book, 1t once most en-
tertaining and instrucfiye---onc that should be
studied by every patriot Of the land Aichssnp
Enquirer.
There can be only one opinion ~ 10 the ability,
general impartiaiity snd industry which Mr.. RAM
dali has brought into combination in the conpser
tiop Of this biography. Hs has
worthiiy executed ~ nsch wanted book.--f Philx-
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II win take place among the choieest cissscs Of
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We like il because it naither conccas, paIliates,
exaggsrasss, distorts hut approaches, In every
instance, and in every arteulAr, the career cf the
noble character whose opinions have done 40 much
10 shape the domestic and foreiEn policy of the
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nY John Mulialy, the onicial Historian of ths
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Very truly yeur friend,
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