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Mark Twain, Henry Adams, Henry James, Grover Cleveland, and James McNeill Whistler are among the contemporary figures striding through this winning collection of profiles, originally published in 1920-1922. “To judge what they accomplished,” writes Bradford, “it would be necessary to be expert in their different pursuits. But I am concerned with their souls...”
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