The multitude remembered only the old white hat and the sweet old baby face beneath it, heart of gold, and hand wielding the wizard pen; the incarnation of probity and kindness, of steadfast devotion to his duty as he saw it, and to the needs of the whole human family.
Watterson describes the public's affectionate memory of Greeley, emphasizing his character and contributions to society.
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Firm, resonant, earnest, it announced the coming of a man, of a leader of men; and in its tone and style the gentlemen whom he had invited to become members of his political family—each of whom thought himself a bigger man than his…
Thus, restricted to the South, it came to represent in the Southern mind a “right” which the South was bound to defend.
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Whatever may be thought of them on this side of the Atlantic, their success in England was undeniable.
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