Jean Jules Jusserand,
With Americans of Past and Present Days…
(1916)
“ Thirteen years is a long space of time in an ambassador’s life; it is not an insignificant one in the life of such a youthful nation as the United States; I have now witnessed the eleventh part of that life. ”
Jean Jules Jusserand,
With Americans of Past and Present Days…
(1916)
“ THIS day, thirteen years ago, a new French ambassador presented his credentials. The ambassador was not very old for an ambassador. The President was very young for a president, the youngest, in fact, the United States ever had. ”
Jean Jules Jusserand,
With Americans of Past and Present Days…
(1916)
“ Among artists, thinkers, humorists, critics, scientists, shone La Farge, McKim, Saint-Gaudens, William James, Mark Twain, Furness, Newcomb, Weir Mitchell, who, leaving a lasting fame, have all passed away. ”
