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' How it delighted them! I think it was the last speech of any sort he made that season. He did not stand by his chair,as the others had done, but walked over to the Speaker's table, and,turning, faced his audience. At the end of each day he would read to the others what he hadwritten, to their enjoyment and wonder. Howells tells us that, after he and Clark had been at great trouble toget the matter logically and chronologi

I go about as in a dream--as in a realm of enchantment--wheremany things are rare and beautiful, and all things are strange andmarvelous. He was likely to forget the names even of those he knew bestand saw oftenest, and the small details of life seldom registered at all. It should be added thatthis particular investment was not an entire loss, for it paid very gooddividends for several years. They had not calculated well; the Custom-House official came alongpresently with the usual Open your baggage, please, then suddenlyrecognizing the owner of it he said: Oh, Mr.