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Excerpt from Washington, Vol. 2: The Capital City, and Its Part in the History of the Nation
Of the leaders at whose hands the Slavery ques tion was to have final and irrevocable solution. Well up on the roll of this new group of statesmen stands the name Of Stephen A. Doug las, Of Illinois, who in 1847, after four years of service in the House, took the seat in the Senate which he was to occupy until his death. He was its youngest member when he entered the Senate, a short, thick-set man Of thirty-four, with a swarthy, clean-shaven face, and eyes which, in moments Of excitement, became as large and impressive as those Of Webster. His also was a mind capable Of grasping, analyzing, and elucidating the most complex and difficult subjects, either in the science Of law or that Of government, and to these qualities he added a gift for strong and simple speech, a courageous vigor, and a manly boldness which quickly made him a leader on the floor and a foremost figure in the councils Of his party. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
