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Pushing to the Front

CHAPTER XVIII
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So his sentence was revoked, and he was sent to Heaven and canonized as a saint.
The Duke of Marlborough "wrote English badly and spelled it worse," yet he swayed the destinies of empires.

The charm of his manner was irresistible and influenced all Europe.

His fascinating smile and winning speech disarmed the fiercest hatred and made friends of the bitterest enemies.
A gentleman took his daughter of sixteen to Richmond to witness the trial of his bitter personal enemy, Aaron Burr, whom he regarded as an arch-traitor.

But she was so fascinated by Burr's charming manner that she sat with his friends.

Her father took her from the courtroom, and locked her up, but she was so overcome by the fine manner of the accused that she believed in his innocence and prayed for his acquittal.


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