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Albert Beveridge: Our whole family became attached to him, and though there was then no certainty of his becoming allied to us, we felt a…

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Our whole family became attached to him, and though there was then no certainty of his becoming allied to us, we felt a love for him that can never cease....
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Albert Beveridge
Republican · Indiana

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Beveridge expresses the enduring affection that can develop within a family, regardless of formal ties.

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