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Show The late Senator Bogy of Missouri, in a letter written in his nineteenth year, just as he was going to leave home to enter a law ofiice, used these words : My intention is to return to my native stale to praotice, if I CAn qualify myself, and while doing eo to work to become United Stales senntor from my native state, and to work for this till 1 am sixty years eld. I will pray God to givoluie lm resolution to parsevore in this intention. inten-tion. I have communicated this to my mother, and (jive bor this paper to keep. So help me, Gi d. Lewis V. Boav. The boy was as goad as his word. He took bie seat as senator from; Missouri on March 4th, 1S73, and he celebrated his sixtieth birthday on April 9th of the same year. |