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Cleveland now he sent this word of condolence-- Your husband was a man I knew and loved and honored for twenty-five years. A few days later he could stand it no longer, and on August 29 (1893)sailed, the second time that year, for New York. Hedeclined a Yale alumni dinner, but he could not refuse to preside at theLincoln Birthday celebrat Clemens right back to me--in thatold time when she was so young and lovely.

Quintard, who was standing near, thought headded: If we meet --but the words were very faint. Every time I have been in his presence--lately and formerly--my mind was drawn to that feature. Abook from your hand, telling the story of your life and battles, shouldsell not less than a quarter of a million, perhaps twice that sum. The lines pictured a phase of negro life, and she wished toknow if he thought them worthy of being read at some Tuskegee ceremony.