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Richard Harding Davis

American Journalist

Born: Apr 18, 1864

Died: Apr 11, 1916

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All through the night, like the tumult of a river when it races between the cliffs of a canyon, in my sleep I could hear the steady roar of the passing army. Richard Harding Davis

Army Steady Could Through River Roar Between Like Cliffs Passing Hear Tumult Canyon Races Night Sleep

As soon as I landed at Malta I found that though I could go to Tunis I could not go away without being quarantined for ten days and if I remained in Malta I must stay a week. Richard Harding Davis

Go Away Though Must Stay Ten Remained Week Could Soon Days Without Go Being Landed Found Away

The old sergeant from headquarters treats me like a son and takes the greatest pride in whatever I do or write. He regularly assigns me now to certain doors, and I always obey orders like the little gentleman that I am. Richard Harding Davis

As soon as she gets her divorce one of us is going to marry her. We don't know which. She is about as beautiful a woman as I ever saw, and very witty and well-informed, but it would cost a good deal to keep her in diamonds. Richard Harding Davis

Beautiful Good Woman Saw Would Marry About Cost Divorce Soon Know She Well-Informed Deal Witty Diamonds Very Gets Going Which Us Good Deal Keep Ever Her

You see, I'd not a very good place here; the fellows looked on me as a sort of special object of ridicule, on account of the hat and cane, walk, and so on, though I thought I'd got over that by this time. Richard Harding Davis

I have just come from a couple of raids, where we had a very lively time, and some of them had to pull their guns. I found it necessary to punch a few sports myself. Richard Harding Davis

Time Myself Sports Few Punch Guns Some Had Come Couple Very Just Where Them Found Lively Necessary Pull

Anything as good and true as that moral cannot be new at this late date. Richard Harding Davis

Good Late Moral Date True New Anything Cannot

It has pleased and interested me to see how I could get along under difficult circumstances and with so much discomfort but as I say I was not sent out here to improve my temper or my health or to make me more content with my good things in the East. Richard Harding Davis

Health Good Me Good Things Difficult Pleased Say Circumstances East Out Out Here Temper See More Could Along Make Content Discomfort How Improve Get Interested Sent Much Things Difficult Circumstances Here

Of course, the idea of a six months' holiday is enough to make anyone laugh at anything, but I find that besides that I was a good deal harassed and run down, and I am glad to cut off from everything and start fresh. I feel miserably selfish about it all the time. Richard Harding Davis

Time Good Selfish Down Enough Everything Months Laugh Run Besides Find About Glad Idea Feel Make Course Deal Fresh Am Off Six Anyone Anything Holiday Cut Harassed Good Deal Start

I wish I was not such a very bad hand at languages. That is one thing I cannot do, that and ride. Richard Harding Davis

Ride Wish Bad One Thing Hand Very Cannot Languages Thing

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