Noble Living and Grand Achievement: Giants of the Republic, Embracing the Lives, Deeds, and Personal Traits of Eminent Statesmen, Great Generals, Noted Reformers, Successful Men of Business, Distinguished Literary Men, and Famous WomenJohn C. Winston & Company, 1896 - 708 стор. |
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... army , or was President . On the other hand , the value of biography , as the common sense of the world has found out , is in such writing as Plutarch's . It may be doubted whether Plutarch were a very large man ; it is certain that he ...
... army , or was President . On the other hand , the value of biography , as the common sense of the world has found out , is in such writing as Plutarch's . It may be doubted whether Plutarch were a very large man ; it is certain that he ...
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... army might sweep through the whole valley of the Connecticut , the States of Massachusetts and Connecticut ordered out every boy who was above the age of fifteen to meet the invading force . If he could carry a musket , the boy was old ...
... army might sweep through the whole valley of the Connecticut , the States of Massachusetts and Connecticut ordered out every boy who was above the age of fifteen to meet the invading force . If he could carry a musket , the boy was old ...
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... army , which makes it well - nigh certain that Franklin , at the age of forty - nine , met Washington when he was but twenty - three , as Braddock's army advanced toward its ruin . It would be easy , in some parlor theatricals , to ...
... army , which makes it well - nigh certain that Franklin , at the age of forty - nine , met Washington when he was but twenty - three , as Braddock's army advanced toward its ruin . It would be easy , in some parlor theatricals , to ...
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... army - The Constitu- tional Convention - The great men who composed it - Hamilton's pre - eminence - Opposition to the Constitution - Hamilton's able advocacy - Suspense in New York - Success at last - Hamilton first Secretary of the ...
... army - The Constitu- tional Convention - The great men who composed it - Hamilton's pre - eminence - Opposition to the Constitution - Hamilton's able advocacy - Suspense in New York - Success at last - Hamilton first Secretary of the ...
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... ARMY OF THE POTOMAC , 329 McClellan's great abilities - Birth and education - Fine military training - Early days of the war - His suc- cess in West Virginia - The army of the Potomac - The Peninsula campaign - Obstacles to success ...
... ARMY OF THE POTOMAC , 329 McClellan's great abilities - Birth and education - Fine military training - Early days of the war - His suc- cess in West Virginia - The army of the Potomac - The Peninsula campaign - Obstacles to success ...
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Сторінка 236 - I do not expect the Union to be dissolved, I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in...
Сторінка 39 - As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress, that, as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment, at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. Those, I doubt not, they will discharge; and that is all I desire.
Сторінка 608 - I am in earnest. I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch. AND I WILL BE HEARD.
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Сторінка 105 - Thus I consent, sir, to this Constitution because I expect no better, and because I am not sure that it is not the best.
Сторінка 82 - ... between people, who, though separated by an ocean,- and under different governments, have the same language, a similar religion, and kindred blood. I beg your majesty's permission to add, that .although I have sometimes before been intrusted by my country, it was never in my whole life in a manner so agreeable to myself.
Сторінка 172 - Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep ; If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take ; And this I ask for Jesus
Сторінка 53 - How sleep the Brave who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung; By forms unseen their dirge is sung; There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there!
Сторінка 53 - I die hard, but I am not afraid to go. I believed, from my first attack, that I should not survive it — my breath cannot last long.
Сторінка 689 - Now, Hattie, if I could use a pen as you can, I would write something that would make this whole nation feel what an accursed thing slavery is.