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...expected that the highest place would always be won by a man of brilliant gifts. But from the time when the heroes of the Revolution died out with Jefferson and Adams and Madison, no person except General Grant, had, down till the end of last century, reached the chair whose name...

...brilliant gifts. But since the heroes of the Revolution died out with Jefferson and Adams and Madison, no person except General Grant has reached the chair...displayed rare or striking qualities in the chair. — JAMES BRYCE, " The American Commonwealth " CLEARNESS SECURED BY THE WHOLE PLAN Organizing thought...

...diffused, it might be expected that the highest place would always be won by a man of brilliant gifts. But since the heroes of the Revolution died out with Jefferson and Adams and Madison, no person except General Grant has reached the chair whose name would have been remembered had he not...