The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-03-09
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uflNIUNS OF XII PRESS.
No other Life Of Jefferson ever published--prob
ably none that scH be- published--can bear any
comparison to this In thoroughn ess fullness Of in
cident and conscientious fidelity.
This siogn ply has evidently been a labor Of love,
and the years of patient assiduous toll it has cost
siasm.-lN. Y. Tribune. ,Yt7
Atlength the public have q Life Of Thomas JEFF.
fersoa that Is net only fascinating, and therefore
sure to be popular. but one that win stand the
sential historical testthat of accuracy and truth
fulness It IL seen that the ground work of the
whole is authentic contemporary material, and OF
the highest order. 70 gather IL has been the work
Oh years We would not compare this volume with
Boswell and yet faithful IL the portraiture that
Jefferson is made to draw Of himself, that his ma
ture, MS very soul, Is deliniated with dstin
ness not unlike that in which johnson stands out
in thepagcs Of Boswell Boston Post.
imbaed with that nthusisstic ad mi ration of his
subject. without which abiographer 10 rarely sue
cessful, Mr. Randall nevertheless does not seek to
hide Whatever faalts hs may find, sither from him.
Cromwell insisted his should be painted, "warts
and all" The picture gains by this in life like
coioring, without losing any Of its majestic pro-
portions.-l Albany Eve. Jour.
NO one who runs, however casually over this
work, will fail to be satisfied that Mr. Randall ha.
added very largely 70 the worlds stock Of infor-
Nation about Jefferson, that he has had accees q
sources hitherto unexplored, and that he has done
.ao's sHah Wss cVoI Oouc py any one before him to
illustrate the personality Of that great statesman
IN. Y. Eve. Post.
We have read with delight Mr.. Randall's capti-
ating details Of Mr.. Jcferson' = personal history,
which he has ssdulously gathered, and admirably
grouped together, from great variety OF authentic
sources, hitherto UNEMPLOYED Out of the TEN ptine
richness OF his materials, the able and
author has constructed book, at once most en-
tertaining and instructive--one that should be
studied by every patriot Of the land.-TRichmon
Enquirer.
There can be only one opinion az to the abilitv.
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instance AID In every arttcslAr the q rcer of inc
nooie chs1sstsf whose opinions hare done 30 much
tion he contributed greatly tocal int
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