Random Reminiscences of Men and Events

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great and small, which have made up the incidents of his work and pleasure, and I am tempted to beco

helped largely to build up the commerce of the United States, and who have made known its products all over the world. These incidents

ooted point. If one talks about one's experiences, there is a natural temptation to charge one with traveling the easy road to egotism; if one keeps

ds want some record of things which might shed light on matters that have been somewhat discussed, it is right that I shou

have been guilty of grave faults. For myself, I had decided to say nothing, hoping that after my death the truth would gradually come to the surface and posterity would do strict justice; but while I live and can t

of men who are living, and it is only reasonable that the public should

as to appear between the covers of a book. They were not prepared with the idea of even an informa

tners and associates, but I realize that while these experiences have always been to me among the great pleasures of my life, a long account of them would not interest the reader, and t

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