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Excerpt from Blondin: His Life and Performances; With Illustrations
If curiosity has carried hundreds of thousands of persons many miles distant to see him on the rope, the same curiosity will no doubt induce a large number of readers to make themselves acquainted with the circum stances whieh led him to adopt such a line of life, the means by which proficiency was attained, and the events which have signalized his remarkable career.
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