Submitted by Marvin McConoughey, Aug 31, 2007 15:24

Thanks, Mr. Buckley, for your gracious and kind tribute to a lady I never knew. I imagine, on theoretical grounds only, that it is difficult to handle great fortunes gracefully and well. I believe that few of the very rich have done better than Mrs. Astor.

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