Portrait of an American: Charles G. DawesFull-length, sympathetic biography of the American lawyer and banker. |
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We have to average $ 7,500 per night to break even , which thought consoles me for having failed to take up the business of impresario for a life's work . ” In 1911 Dawes entered the musical world also as a composer .
We have to average $ 7,500 per night to break even , which thought consoles me for having failed to take up the business of impresario for a life's work . ” In 1911 Dawes entered the musical world also as a composer .
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Pershing , Dawes thought , had accomplished everything he had come to France to do . " For the first time since I have been over here , I did not anticipate an emergency , but thought his mind might be on the victory , " Dawes said in a ...
Pershing , Dawes thought , had accomplished everything he had come to France to do . " For the first time since I have been over here , I did not anticipate an emergency , but thought his mind might be on the victory , " Dawes said in a ...
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thought to how generations yet unborn would regard him than did all other Presidents he had known combined . “ The reputations of public men depend upon their contemporary environment . But I don't want to go into these things now .
thought to how generations yet unborn would regard him than did all other Presidents he had known combined . “ The reputations of public men depend upon their contemporary environment . But I don't want to go into these things now .
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