The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-02-04
3The Greatest Biogrst hyof the Age
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BY HRvKYG RANDALL, Ill. b.
In TAreltSiuncs, octave.
sfsHIs work aEtaips upwards Of 5000 pages, i.
printed q hnc paper, and handsomeiy hound
In v.rious ss. II 10 Illustrated BY ssvsrsIies-
9fawn9s oyUessi, snd nunsses& fas ii ntles, anoar
sns IaFS ars two 6ns Portraits " Js1ssson. The
Mc nm embrace, among sthers, the original
dfaft n the Declaration Of fndepende In JeSTer-
SON n hand writing. -
a, IN every sense, an authorised work !; II
M, osr!aksn ia under the appreciation q his fam
vpapers Of Jefferson In their po.session ana
received the benefit Of their recoflscttons and
FpRsnae0e - evsry step. t3Bg faE{ 4#8 IA as
The work contains the sxprsssions Of jefferson on
sssv greaI public question which arose, from his
savsnt 20 eahic Ms h his dsafh-a peried Of sbost
~ years, and embrA Aeing the whole soanIxe period
ot the Republic. 1t contains Jefferson q herrto-
iore aapxslShed family cosrsspendsnos selestious
On AIS hnesa published letters, atate papers. cte.
OPINIONS OF xHK spRYsS. ,sas
No other Life Of Iafcrson ever published--prob
Ahty none that ever rin b. published-can bear any
"a this 10 thsrou ehnass fsIinsss uf in.
ssdent Ts q snd dconseisntious fdelity. - =
Ih,s biogn ply has evidently been 1 labor Of love-
and the ysars Of patient aaasduous toll has osst
..s~ y rrissass siss sns'sds''s' .n'ifins 'n'A'-
Atlsesth thspsblie hare Life Of Thcmas ysS-
n1 oslJ a.:sp.nE and A.rsors
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tsst-ths, ef accuracy and truth
fuinss.. u - seen that the ground-w -wsrk Of the
whoIe authentic ectemporsry material, and OF
ne highest erAss. 70 gatAG Il has bee. the work
tAst inimftsbk and incompsrahle biography OF
Boswsi, ana ystso faitAfuiis che pastrsitnrs that
Jefferson 10 made to draw of himssif, that his ma
sure me very sosl. is dsiinisted with distinct
ness Dot unlike thst In wAich johnson stands out
in the pages of Boswell.--f Boston Post
inbsed with that enthusiastic admiration Of his
subject, without which Aiogrspher il rarely sue
c.sful, Mr.. Randall nevertheless does not seek to
nids wnasever faults he may find, either from him.
seif or from the reader. He paints the picture q
Cromwell insisted his should be painted, "warts
and all" The picture gsins BY this In iife-likr
coiorin8, wttheat losing any of its majestic pro-
portions.--l Albany Eve. Jour.
No one who runs, however casually over tbir
work, will fail 10 be satisn cd that Mr. Randall has
sddtd very largely to the worlds stock Of infor-
nation about Jefferson, that he has had scctss tc
sources hitherto anexpiored. and that be has done
more than was ever done by any one before him to
illustrate the personality Of that great statesman
IN. 4 1--we. Post.
We have read with delight Mr.. Randall,s capti-
ating details OF Mr.. Je6erson' g personal history.
7Which 10 has ssdslously gathered, and admirably
Hrouped together, from great variety of authentic
paYcss, hitherto unexpiorea. Our OF the ten ptine
nneM oi his materials, the able and clear -s ehssd
suulog eaA constructed y book, at once most en-
tertaihpg and instructive--ons that should b
studied :tadasd every patriot Of the hDd.--lRiehIon
There can y only one opinion a. 10 the ability.
general Impair etity and industry which MT. Ram
dah has brought into combination In the compo.-
tion Of this bioNnphy. He has
~orthiiy oxAnuted emach wanted book.--IPhils-
delphia Press.
II win take place sShSAs the choicest classics Of
American literature, aud b. consulted BIZ every fs-
ture historian Of this iscountryl philadeiphia Eve.
Bulhtin.
We like IL because il neither eeaceals palliAtss.
exAggcrAtes, nor distorts. but approeches in every
fnstsncc5 ad I'm every articuiar, teosrvsr of TN
noble chalsctsr whose opinions have dons - much
70 shape the domestic and foreign policy of a. na-
on he contributed 20 greatly tocal int xistsnss
IN. o. True Delta.
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