When I first concluded to print the book, I made an honest effort to construct it in the third person. - "John Sergeant Wise"

When I first concluded to print the book, I made an honest effort to construct it in the third person.
John Sergeant Wise

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My mother was a Northern woman, daughter of Hon. John Sergeant, a distinguished lawyer, and for many years representative in Congress from Philadelphia.
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That settled Abraham Lincoln with me. I was thoroughly satisfied that no such man ought to be President; but I could not yet conceive it possible that such a monster would be the choice of a majority of the people for President.
- John Sergeant Wise