looking even under than over thirty-three years--but five feet five

inches in height, and thin almost to emaciation, weighing only one

hundred and fifteen pounds. If I had ever possessed any self-

assertion in manner or speech, it certainly vanished in the presence

of the imperious Secretary, whose name at the time was the synonym of

all that was cold and formal. I never learned what Mr. Stanton's

first impressions of me were, and his guarded and rather calculating

manner gave at this time no intimation that they were either

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