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"About once a decade, it becomes necessary to remind Americans again that Ulysses S. Grant was a grea..." — Michael Korda
About once a decade, it becomes necessary to remind Americans again that Ulysses S. Grant was a great man, indeed a giant figure. The usual way to try to do this is by publishing a thumping big biography, and let me say that there is nothing wrong with this, although it still hasn't worked.
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