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. Kings of the platform and pulpit ... : personal reminiscences and anecdotes of noted Americans. PLAINS BBTWBEN VTEGINIA CITY AND SALT LAKE. The most celebrated artists of London are so delighted with thispicture that they come to the hall every day to gaze at it. I wish youwere nearer to it—so you could see it better. I wish I could take it toyour residences and let you see it by daylight. Some of the greatestartists in London come here every morning before daylight with lanternsto look at it. They say they never saw any thing like itbefore and they hope they never shall again. When I first
. Kings of the platform and pulpit ... : personal reminiscences and anecdotes of noted Americans. PLAINS BBTWBEN VTEGINIA CITY AND SALT LAKE. The most celebrated artists of London are so delighted with thispicture that they come to the hall every day to gaze at it. I wish youwere nearer to it—so you could see it better. I wish I could take it toyour residences and let you see it by daylight. Some of the greatestartists in London come here every morning before daylight with lanternsto look at it. They say they never saw any thing like itbefore and they hope they never shall again. When I first showed this picture in New York, the audiences wereso enthusiastic in their admiration of this picture that they calledfor the artist and when he appeared they threw brick-bats at him.
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