Father LantomNothing shines up a halo faster than death Matthew. But funerals are for the living... and revising history... only dilutes the lessons we should learn from it.
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Nothing shines up a halo faster than death Matthew. But funerals are for the living... and revising history... only dilutes the lessons we should learn from it.
- was an American politician, lawyer, diplomat, writer, and historian who served in both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. He was also a leader of the Radical Republicans in the Reconstruction Era. His most influential role in politics was as chairman of the Republican National Committee during the 1872 election, which saw Rutherford B.
Hayes elected President of the United States.
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