The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-09-15
OPINIONS OF Tnr pRrss

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No other Life OF sherson ever pablishsd-sssb
ably none that ever will b. published.-san ~ ~
comparison TO this In tAeroughn sss fuMness a n.
eident and conscientious fidelity.
This bioSr ply has evidently been labor of lows,
and tho yeAss Of patient assidosus toll Il has cot
have been given With ungrudgiug, snsiring enthu-
Atlsngth the pxblio have Life Of Thomas Jef-
ferson thatis not only fascinating and therefore
sure 10 be popular but one that viii ytand the es
sental historical tesithat Of accuracy and truth
fuiness Its seen that the groand-w -werk Of the
whole IS authentic coiemporary material and Of
the highest order. To gather il has been the work
q years. ewould no, compare this volume with
that inimitabie and incomparablc biography Of
and yet 50 faithful is the porrsitnre that
Jefferson IL made TO draw of himself that his na-
ture, his very soul. Ia deliniased with distinct
ness not unlike that in which johnson stands out
in the pAges Of Doswell.--( Boston Vt
Imhued with that enthmi n tic adth irstion of his
subject, without which biogrRpherfs 10 rarely sue
cessful, Mr. Randall nevertheless does not seek to
hide whatever faults he may hnd, either from him
Cromwell insisted his should be painted, "warts
and alb! Tbs picture gains BY this in life like
coior,ng, without losing any Of Its majestic pro-
portions.-f Albany Eve. Jour.
No one Who runs. however sssnally. over this
work, will fail 10 be satisfc that Mr. Randall hss
added very largely to the worlds stock of infor-
mation about jefferson, that he haa Ead secsse 10
sources hitherto unesplored, and that 10 has done
more than vas ever done by any one before hin 10
illustrate the perscnaiity Of that great staaeanaa
IN. Y. Eve. Post.
We have read with delight Mr.. Randall's espsi-
at ing details of Nj. Jedsfsnn . pssSOual histery.
which be has ssduiously gathered, cad adnjraAiy
grouped together, from great variety Of sethsntc
sources, hitherto uncxplofrd. Ost Of TIA pGins
sehness of his matsras, the able and siaar
author has constructed kuok, 81 onSs mosf en-
tertaining and instFusttve---one that sAoa1A Be
studied 81 by every patriot Of tho land KieAmond
Enquirer.
There can hs only one opinion - to the. Aliii4y.
general impartiaiity and industry which Mr.. Ran
dali has brought into combination In the compost.
tion Of this biography. o. He HAS
vorthily executed much wanted book.-fPhila-
del pha Press.
It~iiitake place among the choicest classics Of
American Literature, and be consulted by every fu-
tare historian Of this country II elphia NE
bullitin.
We like X because IL neither cOnceals, pAlliates.
exaggerases nor distorss. but approaches In every
Instance, ana In every the career ef the
noble character whose opinions have done 10 much
10 shape the domestic snd foreign policy Of the ma
tion he contributed 80 greatly tocal nts xistence
IN. 0. True Delta.
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