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 21
... success would not tap his shoulder for some years ; but , at the first year's end , he wrote to his father in Marietta that he would be able to manage without any financial assistance , even though he gave a great deal of time without ...
... success would not tap his shoulder for some years ; but , at the first year's end , he wrote to his father in Marietta that he would be able to manage without any financial assistance , even though he gave a great deal of time without ...
Page 92
... successful , but good and unspoiled by success . " He was backing his friend Walter Wellman on his polar ex- pedition . He also had been one of the originators of the idea to build the Lafayette Monument in Paris , and it had been ...
... successful , but good and unspoiled by success . " He was backing his friend Walter Wellman on his polar ex- pedition . He also had been one of the originators of the idea to build the Lafayette Monument in Paris , and it had been ...
Page 288
... success of the Conference . The part of wisdom at a ' unanimous consent ' party is to look after wallflowers who , feeling neglected , may prove to be poison ivy in disguise . " And , in particular , he carried on many private talks ...
... success of the Conference . The part of wisdom at a ' unanimous consent ' party is to look after wallflowers who , feeling neglected , may prove to be poison ivy in disguise . " And , in particular , he carried on many private talks ...
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