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Excerpt from Gourds and BrainsI am to address you on the subject of Gourds and Brains, and I am aware of the fact that I have plenty of gourds and I hope to find the brains.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, ...

Excerpt from Gourds and Brains The author of this book was born on a farm near Tompkinsville, Kentucky, in the midst of the Pennyroyal section of the state. (The native people usually call it "Penny Rile.") He had but little chance to attend school in early life, but studied morning, noon and night, reading history and committing speeches to memory. At the age of twenty-one, he went to Nashville, Tennessee, where he attended college. Worked o...