I got it for next to nothing in the January sales.

The vivifying and alexiterial powers of this gas have been described by Sir H. Davy, by Wedgewood, and other distinguished philosophers; all of whom bear testimony to its extraordinary invigorating powers, as exalting the vital functions to the highest, and that more permanently than any other stimulus.

President [Franklin] Pierce, like a great war ship, fired two shots across the bows of the Congress, to bring matters to.

… apparently indicating the degree to which his identification with black music predicates his capitalization on it …