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Oy Ulc UUU WUU Uitt'ic UiUi| uc 1UDC b«the„top. His upward career was so rap d and phenominal in its success as tc deceive the world in general as to thlt; means by which he rose, and nonemoncompletely for a time than the presen writer of his biography. Much of Cus ter’s success has been attributed to gooc fortune, while it was really the rey.ufl of. an unusual capacity for hard and en ergetic work, and a rapidity of intuition which is seldom found apart from mili tary genius of the highest order. It is only after a caTeful and complete examination of the character of the man, and the perusal of a mass of private corres poi dence, beginning in his days of ob scurity, after the unconscious revelation by himself of his inmost thoughts and aspirations, that the author has learned aright to appreciate the personality of the subject of this biography. The world has never known half the real nobility of the life of duster, nor a tithe of the difficulties under which he struggled. Itwilibethe author’s en deavor to remedy this want of knowl edge, to pa»nt in sober, earnest colors, the portrait of such a knight of romance as has not honored the world with his presence since the days of Bayard.This may sound exaggerated praise to some. A few short weeks ago it would have sounded so to the writer. He only asks the world to accept it today, as his honest conviction and sober testimony, arrived at after very thorough and careful examination, by one who entered on the task with very different impressions. The current idea on the subject has been largely due to the expression set afloat by Custer himself, embodied in the words “Custer’s luck,”
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Bismarck Weekly Tribune
Bismarck, North Dakota, US
Wed, Dec 20, 1876
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