Excerpt from Speech of Judge Johnston, on the Life and Character of R. B. Hayes: Delivered at Avondale, Ohio, July 21, 1876 Call it what you will. If this success is the result of good luck, be it so; I want a lucky man for President. If it is the result of wisdom, be it so; I want a wise man for President. If it is the result of an overruling Providence, be it so; I want a chosen instrument of Heaven for Presi dent. There's a Divinity that shapes our ends, Rough hew them how we will. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.