Excerpt from James G. Blaine: A Study of His Life and Career, From the Standpoint of a Personal Witness It was directly following the summer of the event ful year of 1876 that the writer became personally acquainted with Mr. Blaine. He was fortunate enough from the first to secure his confidence, and through this confidence Was enabled to talk freely with him upon every subject Of interest. Mr. Blaine, when once his confidence was given, was more than frank. He excelled in the art of conver sation. His shrewd judgment of men and affairs, his nimble wit, and his clear, clean English made him an unusually entertaining companion. Unlike many men of equal intelligence, he delighted to give and take. He was not given to monopolizing a conver sation. At times, he would be in a questioning mood, and if any one had anything to say, and real information to impart, no one could be a more atten tive listener than he. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.