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... young men . You have met most of the characters I have attempted to describe in these plain and unpretending " Anecdotes , " and I feel that I take no liberty in dedicating this volume to you . From Franklin Pierce to Ulysses S. Grant ...
... young men . You have met most of the characters I have attempted to describe in these plain and unpretending " Anecdotes , " and I feel that I take no liberty in dedicating this volume to you . From Franklin Pierce to Ulysses S. Grant ...
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... young and so fresh as the habit of re- viving the best deeds of our fellow - creatures and forgetting the worst . As I glance through these chapters , written hastily , often in the rush of editorial work , I am surprised to realize how ...
... young and so fresh as the habit of re- viving the best deeds of our fellow - creatures and forgetting the worst . As I glance through these chapters , written hastily , often in the rush of editorial work , I am surprised to realize how ...
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... young men and young women can employ one or two hours every day no more agreeably and usefully than by keeping a journal . Begun after school - time while they are boys and girls , and continued as they advance in life , it will be at ...
... young men and young women can employ one or two hours every day no more agreeably and usefully than by keeping a journal . Begun after school - time while they are boys and girls , and continued as they advance in life , it will be at ...
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... young Senator began his career by finding his friends stripped of the power they had fairly won . The disappointment was grievous , but it called out all his bet- ter nature . He devoted himself to his studies and his duties with ...
... young Senator began his career by finding his friends stripped of the power they had fairly won . The disappointment was grievous , but it called out all his bet- ter nature . He devoted himself to his studies and his duties with ...
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... , I shall fight , and I shall be killed . " These were his words . I tried to rally him on these forebodings ; told him he was young and brave , and would live to be even more honored in the years to SENATOR BRODERICK. ...
... , I shall fight , and I shall be killed . " These were his words . I tried to rally him on these forebodings ; told him he was young and brave , and would live to be even more honored in the years to SENATOR BRODERICK. ...
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