What a singular destiny has been that of this remarkable man! To be regarded in his own age as a classic, and in ours as a companion. To receive from his contemporaries that full homage which men of genius have in general received only from posterity... American Monthly Knickerbocker - Page 273edited by - 1833Full view - About this book
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