William W. Averell
William Woods Averell (November 5, 1832 – February 3, 1900) was a career United States Army officer and a cavalry general in the American Civil War. After the war he was a diplomat and became wealthy by inventing American asphalt pavement.
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Thou Soul that art the eternity of thought,
That givest to forms and images a breath
And everlasting motion,”
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