Stephen Grover Cleveland: A Sketch of His Life; To Which Is Appended a Short Account of the Life of Thomas Andrews Hendricks (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Stephen Grover Cleveland: A Sketch of His Life; To Which Is Appended a Short Account of the Life of Thomas Andrews Hendricks

I once heard Grover Cleveland say in court: Give us the facts! Facts are what we want Now, the life of this man has been in keeping with the basis of this desire. There is but little fiction in his make-up, and what sentiment he has displayed has been simply the nucleus of charity and justice. In the compilation of this volume I have endeavored to record only the facts in the case. The life of Mr. Cleveland affords but a meagre opportunity for an interesting biography, and the people who have nominated him for President of the United States care only to read the testimony, briefly stated, which will allow an adequate judgment of the man's character and ability.

In violation of the old precept, that a thing worth doing is worth doing well, I have allowed this book to go into the publishers' hands after a preparation of only two weeks, and in extenuation of its faults and hasty writing, plead the demand made upon me by the publishers, who doubtless believe that what is worth doing at all is worth doing quickly.

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