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Excerpt from The Pennsylvania School Journal, Vol. 55
Post, whom he had known in Washing ton, to come to his Illinois home and serve him as clerk, or private secretary. The young man arrived in Jacksonville, where General Duncan resided, on a day when the governor elect was receiving a large delegation of his political friends. The table was set under the oaks, and the young secretary took his seat among the prominent men. To his great sur prise, Mrs. Duncan called upon him to ask the blessing, and he could only stam mer, Madam, I beg your pardon; I am not a Christian. There was a moment's pause, and then Mrs. Duncan, standing at the head of the table, in a quiet, womanly voice uttered a prayer of thanks for the bless ings with which the Heavenly Father had Spread their table and filled their lives. 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.
