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Excerpt from The Making of a Statesman: And Other Stories
Her heart was set on such a career for Mer edith F eatherstone. She dreamed of it, and lived on the dreams. The husband, who was a model of complacency in matters that con cerned his wife, read a number of books to please her Niles' Register, the Federal ist, arguments ou the nature and meaning of the Constitution, histories, biographies, and es says; but there never was a moment when he was not ready to throw away the volumes when an opportunity occurred for him to get the ad vantage of one of his fellow-citizens in a trade or dicker.
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