Portrait of an American: Charles G. DawesFull-length, sympathetic biography of the American lawyer and banker. |
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FIN - DE - SIÈCLE WASHINGTON a “ The real things of life are the simple things ; the real attachments are the home attachments . ” Thus Dawes had written in his diary after a visit to his old home in Marietta .
FIN - DE - SIÈCLE WASHINGTON a “ The real things of life are the simple things ; the real attachments are the home attachments . ” Thus Dawes had written in his diary after a visit to his old home in Marietta .
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But if a man clings to the pleasant things , he will miss the higher ones . He may miss the higher things anyway , but it should not be for lack of courage to attempt them . ” “ June 24 : I went over to the White House and told the ...
But if a man clings to the pleasant things , he will miss the higher ones . He may miss the higher things anyway , but it should not be for lack of courage to attempt them . ” “ June 24 : I went over to the White House and told the ...
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But I don't want to go into these things now . I put them in my journal . I discussed people as I saw them contemporaneously . My ideas , whatever they were , can be found not only in these notes I have made for nearly half a century ...
But I don't want to go into these things now . I put them in my journal . I discussed people as I saw them contemporaneously . My ideas , whatever they were , can be found not only in these notes I have made for nearly half a century ...
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| Title | Portrait of an American: Charles G. Dawes Portrait of an American: Charles G. Dawes, Bascom Nolly Timmons |
| Author | Bascom Nolly Timmons |
| Publisher | Holt, 1953 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 5 Dec 2006 |
| Length | 344 pages |
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