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Moncure Daniel Conway

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Description:Excerpt from Omitted Chapters of History, Disclosed in the Life and Papers of Edmund Randolph Governor of Virginia: First Attorney-General United States, Secretary of StateIN a room of the Virginia Historical Society there is a portrait so blurred that the face is repulsive. It is the alleged portrait of a man described by his contemporary, William Wirt, as of a figure large and portly; his features uncommonly fine; his dark eyes and his whole countenance lighted up with an expression of the most conciliatory sensibility; his attitudes dignified and com manding; his gesture graceful and easy; his voice perfect har mony; and his whole manner that of an accomplished and engaging gentleman. The portrait at Richmond, repudiated when painted, suffered all manner of ill usage; and its fate resembles that of the man for whom its dauber meant it, Edmund Randolph. Painted by partisanship as he was not, his name has been marred by every prejudice, and his fame left to his country in conventionalized disfigurement. The Centenary of our Constitution has already brought a gallery of fresh bistori cal portraits Of its leading framers, but one panel, like that of F alieri at Venice, is vacant; there is no portraiture of the states man to whom the initiation and ratification of the Constitution were especially due, except a blackened effigy hung up by enemies in a moment of partisan passion. This traditional effigy of Ed mund Randolph I have examined by the light of facts and documents to which historians appear to have had no access, with growing conviction that the nation knows little of a very interesting figure in its early history.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Omitted Chapters of History, Disclosed in the Life and Papers of Edmund Randolph Governor of Virginia: First Attorney-General United States, Secretary of State (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Omitted Chapters of History, Disclosed in the Life and Papers of Edmund Randolph Governor of Virginia: First Attorney-General United States, Secretary of State (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from Omitted Chapters of History, Disclosed in the Life and Papers of Edmund Randolph Governor of Virginia: First Attorney-General United States, Secretary of StateIN a room of the Virginia Historical Society there is a portrait so blurred that the face is repulsive. It is the alleged portrait of a man described by his contemporary, William Wirt, as of a figure large and portly; his features uncommonly fine; his dark eyes and his whole countenance lighted up with an expression of the most conciliatory sensibility; his attitudes dignified and com manding; his gesture graceful and easy; his voice perfect har mony; and his whole manner that of an accomplished and engaging gentleman. The portrait at Richmond, repudiated when painted, suffered all manner of ill usage; and its fate resembles that of the man for whom its dauber meant it, Edmund Randolph. Painted by partisanship as he was not, his name has been marred by every prejudice, and his fame left to his country in conventionalized disfigurement. The Centenary of our Constitution has already brought a gallery of fresh bistori cal portraits Of its leading framers, but one panel, like that of F alieri at Venice, is vacant; there is no portraiture of the states man to whom the initiation and ratification of the Constitution were especially due, except a blackened effigy hung up by enemies in a moment of partisan passion. This traditional effigy of Ed mund Randolph I have examined by the light of facts and documents to which historians appear to have had no access, with growing conviction that the nation knows little of a very interesting figure in its early history.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Omitted Chapters of History, Disclosed in the Life and Papers of Edmund Randolph Governor of Virginia: First Attorney-General United States, Secretary of State (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Omitted Chapters of History, Disclosed in the Life and Papers of Edmund Randolph Governor of Virginia: First Attorney-General United States, Secretary of State (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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