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Hungarians generally were much gratified when U.S. President Coolidge accepted a bronze statue of Louis Kossuth and another of George Washington...
President Coolidge in his reply expressed his pleasure at receiving the gifts and said: " While Washington is a father of Liberalism in America, Kossuth is a father of Liberalism in Europe...
...born Lajos (Louis) Kossuth; it was the same year in which the great Napoleon Buonaparte was made Consul for life, that thin edge of the wedge that was to secure for him the designation "Emperor of the French" and much legendary glory. It was the epoch immediately preceding that in which the spectre of the die-hard Austrian Chancellor, Prince Metternich, was to stalk eerily throughout Europe, scattering all but good, honest supporters of the Holy Alliance...
...Kossuth, a Protestant, was educated at the Calvinist college of Sarospatlak and at the Budapest University. Aged 19, he became steward to the Countess Sapáry, a position which he subsequently lost owing to a quarrel with that good lady, who vindictively charged him with stealing money to pay his gambling debts. Soon after this he became the representative of Count Hungárdy at the National Diet in Pressburg (dissolved...
...however, until 1848? that year of European revolutions?that Kossuth achieved the summit of his popularity. In this year Europe was like a ship without a pilot. In the offing were the sombre clouds of revolution, the waves of discontent dashed themselves against the hull, flinging the spray of revolt high into the air, while a whining wind shrieked its final warning. And the crew were 'down below gambling for the destinies...