Excerpt from The Life of Martin Van Buren: Heir-Apparent to the "Government, " and the Appointed Successor of General Andrew Jackson, Containing Every Authentic Particular by Which His Extraordinary Character Has Been Formed, With a Concise History of the Events That Have Occasioned His UnparalleleStatesmen are gamesters, and the people are the cards they play with. And it is curious to see how good the comparison holds as to all the games, the shufiling, and the tricks performed with them sort of books, as they are sometimes called. From three up to whist, from a constable to a president, the hands are always dealing out, and in both cases, the way they cut and shu¿le is a surprise to all young beginners.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, 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.