It is not a Life at all. It is a Reticence, in three volumes.
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Whatever deficiencies the leaders of the American Revolution may have had, Reticence, fortunately, was not one of them.
bernard bailynThere paused to shut the doorA fellow called the Wind,With mystery before,And Reticence behind.
bliss carmanReticence may be an elderly doctrine to preach, yet from the artistic point of view I am sure it is a sound one. Reticence conduces to effect, blatancy ruins it.
m. r. james