 | John Bigelow - Politicians - 1895 - 464 pages
...to Mr. Tilden as he handed him a manuscript, " If you wish to be immortal, take this home with you, revise it, put it into proper shape, and give it to...immortal by any process that would impose upon him at that time any more labor ; but he consented to take the manuscript down to the residence of the ex-President's... | |
 | John Bigelow - Politicians - 1895 - 456 pages
...lodgings at Julian's Hotel, in Washington place, New York, said one day to Mr. Tilden as he handed him a manuscript, " If you wish to be immortal, take this home with you, revise it, put it into proper shape, and give it to the public." Mr. Tilden replied that he had not... | |
 | Robert J. Dole - Presidents - 2001 - 250 pages
...the White House in 1876. "If you wish to be immortal," Van Buren grandly told his youthful protege, "take this home with you, complete it, revise it,...it into proper shape, and give it to the public." Tilden did as he was told, further aided in die effort by Van Buren's son John. Soon enough, Democratic... | |
 | Jonathan Halperin Earle - Political Science - 2004 - 302 pages
...young Barnburner lawyer Samuel J. Tilden to his chambers and handed him the manuscript, saying. "If vou wish to be immortal, take this home with you, complete...it into proper shape, and give it to the public." Except for a brief introduction bv Prince John and a small insert by Tilden. it was left virtually... | |
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If you wish to be immortal, take this home with you, complete it, revise it, put it into proper shape, and give it to the public. 