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In a few years his clear, incisive English, always forcible, often eloquent, had advanced him to the editorship of the Evening Journal.
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De Alexander
Republican · New York

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Alexander praises the editor's writing style, emphasizing its clarity and eloquence, which contributed to his rise in journalism.

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