P. T. Barnum：Struggles and Triumphs, Additional Excerpt 342

More than one Englishman--I may instance Mr. Dolby, Mr. Dickens’s agent during his last visit to America--expressed surprise at the confirmed impression of “perfection” entertained by the general American public in regard to the Swedish Nightingale. These things are written with none but the kindest feelings towards the sweet songstress, and only to modify the too current ideas of superhuman excellence which cannot be characteristic of any mortal being.

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