100 AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 



moment if he had translated his feelings in words, he 

 would have said : What is the use to get pains, spend 

 money to show that Franco- American, that we can 

 get new plants as well as he does. It really pained me 

 to see him so much affected for such a trifle, but such 

 was his temper. All I have here related to you happened 

 32 or 33 years ago, and " As to-day," " As in the time 

 past," and "As in the future," "We are," " We have 

 been," and " We shall be," susceptible, apt, to appre- 

 ciate, the " Worthy," and the " Unworthy," the " Sub- 

 lime and the Base," in cents and dollars so to day. I 

 would willingly give $100 to shake hands with that 

 man if he is alive. This is my sincere desire wish. 

 If he is dead, this is my memorial, "requiescito in 

 pace ! 



Rest thou in peace ! 



Thy friend, L. M. 



