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He was not a mere day-dreamer, a theorist, a philosopher, a scholar, although he possessed the gifts of each.
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gutenberg.orgDe Alexander: “He was not a mere day-dreamer, a theorist, a philosopher, a scholar, although he possessed the gifts of each.”
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This quote describes DeWitt Clinton as a multifaceted individual with various intellectual gifts.
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