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A great factory with the machinery all working and revolving with absolute and rhythmic regularity and with the men all driven by one impulse, and moving in unison as though a constituent part of the mighty machine, is one of the most inspiring examples of directed force that the world knows. I have rarely seen the face of a mechanic in the action of creation which was not fine, never one which was not earnest and impressive.

Thomas Nelson Page

Thomas Nelson Page

Thomas Nelson Page

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Born: April 23, 1853

Died: November 1, 1922 (aged 69)

Bio: Thomas Nelson Page was a lawyer and American writer. He also served as the U.S. ambassador to Italy under the administration of President Woodrow Wilson during World War I.

Known for:

In ole Virginia
Marse Chan (1884)
Two little confederates (1888)
Social life in old Virginia before the war (1897)
Burial of the guns .

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