On the record
A fame so lofty, a work so grand, cannot be marred by one mistake, if mistake it be conceded.
Source
gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Blaine reflects on the enduring legacy of a significant figure despite potential mistakes.
Share
More from James Blaine
Many Northern Democrats had indeed given the assurance that if any attempt at coercion should be made by the Republican National Administration, they would themselves meet it with force, and that, if war should come, it would be in the…
Their convention did more to popularize the Fourteenth Amendment as a political issue than any other instrumentality of the year.
Durant speaks of no duty, apparently thinks of none resting upon Southern Union men.
That is his work and it cannot properly be taken out of his hands.
Other voices in this conversation
