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“I had said to Mrs. Boscawen at table, I believe this is about as much as can be made of life. I was really happy. My gay ideas of London in youth were realized and consolidated.”
—James Boswell (17401795)
“I saw the man my friend ... wants pardoned, Thomas Flinton. He is a bright, good-looking fellow.... Of his innocence all are confident. The governor strikes me as a man seeking popularity, who lacks the independence and manhood to do right at the risk of losing popularity. Afraid of what will be said. He is prejudiced against the Irish and Democrats.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (18221893)
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