Portrait of an American: Charles G. DawesHolt, 1953 - 344 pages Full-length, sympathetic biography of the American lawyer and banker. |
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Page 11
... never once slept in a house , be- came critically ill of exhaustion . He partially regained his health but never again was able to walk . He continued , however , to con- duct his lumber business . New inventions helped . " The ...
... never once slept in a house , be- came critically ill of exhaustion . He partially regained his health but never again was able to walk . He continued , however , to con- duct his lumber business . New inventions helped . " The ...
Page 251
... never in the chamber except to preside . Impatient as he was with time - wasting tactics , and although he found a way to eliminate some of them , Dawes never resorted to any of the short cuts that Garner used to speed up proceedings ...
... never in the chamber except to preside . Impatient as he was with time - wasting tactics , and although he found a way to eliminate some of them , Dawes never resorted to any of the short cuts that Garner used to speed up proceedings ...
Page 335
... never been criticized for anything but his supposed profanity . In fact , he had been criticized aplenty for any number of reasons . But this never troubled him . " I never saw a man suffer long from an unjust attack , " he once said . “ I ...
... never been criticized for anything but his supposed profanity . In fact , he had been criticized aplenty for any number of reasons . But this never troubled him . " I never saw a man suffer long from an unjust attack , " he once said . “ I ...
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