The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-11-17
OPINIONS or THR pRxss.

No oshsr Life Of Jefferson eysr puhlishsd-prob
ably none that ever viii be pubNshcd--can heAf Any
ouparison to tAis In thorosghn sss, fslnss. sf In
cidcnt and soascientious hdelity.
This biogrt ply has evidently been labor OF icvss
and the yeas Of pstisns assidsoss toll has cost
have bssn given With ungrudging, untiring entAu-
Aslsnsth shs public have Lis Of Thomas Jss-
fsrson that - not only fascinating and therefore
sure 10 BE- popular bnt one that Will stand tho -
ssntiaI AisSofisAl u asosfasy andtrStAr
fulnsss. Its sssn that the grouHd-wsrk Of tie
the highest order. 70 gsther II has bssn ths ves1
Of years. We would not conparc thts voluas viii
that inimitable and inoomparAble biography =.
Boswell, and yet faithful IL the psrtSsisufs 49,
Jeasrsos 10 made to draw Of hipsslf, that his ne
ture, his very soul is deliniated with distinee.
ness not unlike that in which johnson stands e41
| in the pages Of Bosweli.--t Boston Post.
Imbaed with thst enthusiastic admtraticn cf his
subject, without which biographer 10 rarely sue
cessful, Mr.. Randall nevertheless does not seek -
hide Whatever faults he may and, sither from him
sslf from she reader. He paints the picture ~
Cromwell insisted his should be painted, warts
coioring, without losing any Of iz mAjsstic pro-
portions.-l Albany Eve. Jour.
No one who runs. however casually, over this
work, will failto be satisfied that Mr.. Randall has
added very largely to the worlds stock OF tnfof-
nation about Jefferson, that be has had acssss -
sources hitherto unexplofed, and that he has done
mors than was ever done by any one before him 70
illustrate the personality Of that greai ststssnaa
In. Eve. Post.
We have read with delight Mr.. RAndall's capti-
ating details OF Mr. Je6erson's . personal histsry,
which he has ssdulously gathered, and Admiralty
grouped together, from great variety Of authentic
sources hitherto explorrd. Out Of the tempting
richness of his materials the able and clearsightad
author has constructed book, 1t once most sn-
tertaining and inssructive--one that shouA -
stadied BY every patriot of the lAnd.-[ Richnend
Enquirer.
There can be only one opinion - 70 tie abtlitys
ecnsssl impastisiisy and industry which nr. Ran-
dali has brought into combination in the conpcsi-
tion Of this biography. He ~
wdrthiiy executed . much wanted book.-lPhal
delphia Press.
Twin take place among the choicest elsssie ~
American literature, and be consulted by every ~
turs historian of this country Philadelphia Eve.
Buihtin.
We like IL because II neither conceals, pAllatss,
exaxgeratss distorts. hnt approaches, In every
instancs and In every articular the career Of The
noble character whose opinions have done % nneAs
10 shape the domestic and foreign policy Of ths 10
tion he contributed greatly toca ats existsAse.
In. o. True Delta.
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