The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-10-03


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icy Sosds, II mid Winter the Winter Of
1858 Ito loek after ad.irs in tbs East.
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: foca t9st1sf. Bsfing the ssfiy pafs q
tho evening the GENERAL was sng.eed WIN
hie 0ihersni nei0 commandefs. GrAas wsoss
81 dict.ted the more important letters, some
Of which we're road IN NJ hearing and was
stssch q me ease, coceaaeness. A0A clear
ness o. me- compon. Every sentence
~as go. PIE and Pisn5 - rs 10 repetition,
NO ondecisson, ncsn = correct Few
men can equa. M ..~ng oroers OF re-
ports concerning ce0pnceseo movements
INTO lneelliesOie h beaneee ose4, the
weary 4. 4. Y. see9 p BED, o1s Grant
sno1eu no s'ens q q ~. =, and - up with
me long &tef - ng houR, smoking
and taik1n9 0ser 90 oNees nd discussing
the progress = - - - eaa1asters OF
men, mo, - - exsees tho future
movements 81 "A s9eyeAl AxAies. had
Known Nun Il 10y out new
Or taN n0v - enjeYea - eoed - oppor-
t14tx = lude4 p ~h9 lpteHoctqA ce10ef.
HI 0ooeefeaea0n hepe4 On paacadly,
ordees areng, ana nh steem, from
TOPIC 20 topic, esinclne such Keen but COM
prahaaeave 9aABnene @ men aad msaeuFes.
ge4efAM and generalsnlp, salesman and
stafesmansnip, . lev WOaid give him cradlt
for y saat DAY. Ills perception OF chatAceer,
- tested in some cases BY my own familiar
acquaintance, was wonderful; he appeared
to read men like an open book, Of glance,
or BY some ono action, or some slight man.
Hesitation beyond the ordinary ken. Hence
thing that impressed me and that which 10
least known Of him, WAS the peculiar quality
Of his mental operations, in complicated If
fairs, VIZ, = power to generalixe, and 70 BE-
lect, and fasten his mind upon the promi-
nent points to the exclusion of enveloping
degAHs. His mind having once seized the
right thread Of any tissue Of facts, he held to
| it with IN inaexible grasp that was not to be
shaken OF BY any power under the sun, there
that fact stood, a. plain to him q noun
tain peak, lifting its head above the whole
range It vas % simple to him, and in the
course Of his conversation il seemed aimos,
a. simple to you as the alphabet-so simple
Indeed that you were not half inclined to
give the man credit for his sagacity.
Most men would have strained themselves
in the process of arriving at the eliminating
points Of their reasoning, whereas, 70 Grant
mind, the culminations themsslyes were &C
apparent that there was no labor. These
mighty plans that he talks over in such !
plain, nnassuminf, unconscious way, seem
like the most ordinary combinations Of an
ordinary mind. You do not realize thei1
greatness until afterward, and then you be
gin 10 do Justice to the man that does him
self 10 littie iustice in his manner 81 sneech
His thoughts are not the least cloeeed viii
the process itself through which the problem
lis solved. His insight cuts like 4 sworc
Through each gordon knot. and there lie,
The result. Invested of ali mysterv-the var,
Nth and r,arrov Of the matter n hend
This power Of dealing onlv with the nre
lpondera,inr facts. and of losing s,rht az II
the cnmbersome arrav vb;cb commoni,
weighs down weaker sonls, IL the Law =
lGrsnt,s mind. Cali 4 abstraction uane,.l;
zakion. concentration. - vhaf VIM iii. Il !.
the highest law of intellect snch 10 rms.,
land Nanoleon d;snlaved in govarnmant
Newton and Ianlace IN sc;enc. snd Ger.h.
in All. Great trnths ara sls. 1.u clasr -
great minds. But Grant s. . mas,er. vark !.
man ,athe, sthan ( th;rkar. :, IA d;sr.s,d,
ab,trsct niles And fnrmnl.r,es. ana sdrsncs,
....;.ht c-ass - - AZ, go - :.
right conclusion az to the work to Be done
He sc.rcelv seems 70 Lnov vhatha- ~ ~,
,;e.sssa ~ n sssS n ~ ~. = T. Y ~
Ibut I, = r,ir. ont nav nr;rc;rl..
land his deeds sneak In him n go,
emergency the ouest;on Nth Grant = vb.,
lia the hest thing TO he done. and that vii
him, is the only thing: that he aIvar. saan.
70 discover a the r;cht ti.,a and n The rel,
place. Il ia riff.not fha c;n 80 ;n.n,,s
lion. Int the intuition az nrodsn;o,,. asan,a,
sense. peniu. honnded hv nt;I;ir eoA.AoA
/ had good onportnnit;es aftervarl in N.
|course Of the war. 10 observe sha s,,or,
Header "A he Knit together tho l;rL. vh;ctt
lthrottled he rebellion. Alvavs intent =,
1.-The essential objects which he had for n,
most part long held in view. and which tn,
|public itself now began to discern nave,
embarrassed by ,roublesoma details. i,
crushed The Confedaracv hv a,;rg the ~,
pIeme resources of the country and iirect
ing the blows Of his Generals. stroke afte
stroke, to the two or three main ;ssnas. =,
(which alone success depended. The rebel
lion collapsed SO suddenly that the vorl,
was, astonished. Tho idea az uluck !, -.
dispelled, and people began 10 est;m.te n,
greatness of the central figure which INV
lfoomed 10 above the heads Of ali onr ch;ei
ltains,
1t is because few persons have onnortnn;
mites to see Grant in his eIemen,, - vo,t
overma Mastering events, and because he nal !
such commonplace show n h;s ord;n.r
intercourse with people, that the siementar
strength of his character is not visible 4
the world. Especially is he deficient IN con
versation with strangers, on subjects vhic
one might naturally expect would dr.v h;n
out. But it ia rare thing for him 10 h
drawn out. He does not talk for effect. r
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