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Show r.'OST INFLUENTIAL DOOK IN A CONGRESSMAN'S LIFE "If I were nsV'-d ns people some-limes some-limes nre," says U. S. Congressman Edward J. Klng in (ho May number of thn American Magazine, "what hook has had tho most Induction on my life, I could tell right off hand without cvor pausing to think. When 1 found this book, tho clouds began to roll away, tho waters ceased ceas-ed their fury, and I found myself clinging to that which proved to bo tho rock of my salvation. It wns a complete recipe book, household physician, nnd compendium of knowledge, knowl-edge, memorial edition. "No mottPr what ono Wished to know It woh In that book. It you wished to learn tho ingredients of n lemon morlnguo pie, tho thickness of Ico necessary to bear tho weight of n mule, tho distance- to Jupiter I from tho enrth, the number of linear I feet In an adult person's Intestines, or what to do for Ingrown nulls, the Information wbb right nt hand. I never consulted tho book nivself, l but I sold It from house to Iioiikp ! nnd it wns such a plausible npprnr- ling book that It sold well. I made a ' light tidy sum out of It the llrst summer, and then I accepted a In crallvo position, as tho taylng Is 1 recruiting other agents from anion" itbo college bojs. That book put in" Iho rcfjt of tho way throucli col'm i and was an Important aid In getting mo through law school. I owe It n 1 great deal." |