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Borie, though gratified with the compliment of being called to the Cabinet, had no aptitude or desire for public affairs. He urgently requested General Grant to accept his resignation, and in June, three months after his appointment, he was succeeded by Mr. George M. Robeson. Mr.
At last I discover my old troubadour who was a subject of chagrin and serious worry to me. Here you are yourself again, trusting in the very natural luck of external events, and discovering in yourself the strength to control them, whatever they may be, by effort. What is it that you call some one in HIGH FINANCE? For my part, I don't know; I am in relations with Victor Borie.
The law, however, forbade the appointment to this office of any one who should "directly or indirectly be concerned or interested in carrying on the business of trade or commerce," and Stewart was disqualified. Adolph E. Borie of Philadelphia, whose qualifications were the possession of great wealth and the friendship of the President, was named Secretary of the Navy.
If my poor nephew should get the capital which he needs in order to work, I could get back a part of what I have lost and live in peace the rest of my days. I presented myself to Borie under your recommendation, and it is to you that I owe the cordiality of his reception. I have been working a great deal lately. How I should like to see you so as to read my little medieval folly to you!
Did you know that? So then, for this time, I admire you completely and without the least reserve. There you are, and I am very glad of it. You have never done anything to me that was not good; I love you tenderly! CCCXI. TO GUSTAVE FLAUBERT Sunday, Nohant, 5th April, 1876. Victor Borie is in Italy, what must I write him? Are you the man to go to find him and explain the affair to him?
If their names had not all been anticipated, they were nevertheless welcome to the great mass of the Republican party. Two other nominations created general astonishment. Alexander T. Stewart, the well-known merchant of New York, was named for Secretary of the Treasury; and Adolph E. Borie of Philadelphia, long known in that city as a man of probity and wealth, was named for Secretary of the Navy.
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