Elihu B. Washburne
"His sudden outbursts of rage...were much admired in his adopted state of Illinois, where constituents proudly claimed that he was the only militant teetotaller who behaved exactly like a normal person at five minutes to six, say, in the early morning of a winter day..."
-- Gore Vidal, Lincoln, p.3
"...-- Gore Vidal, Lincoln, p.3
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