Daily Archives: July 26, 2025

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Lew Wallace in the 1850s

Fist-Fighting for Justice

In his Autobiography Lew Wallace says very little about his law practice. He humbly dismissed it as an “an experimental period of my life.” He enjoyed a couple “triumphs,” made a few mistakes that were “not admirable,” and accomplished one or two things that were “smart,” but mostly, he says, I pigeon-hole those years to my “defeat.” Yet he did include a […]