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165 a some President in a brightly lighted room , with a swarm of young girls around him . He liked the adulation that youth pays to distinction . Through an arched doorway came the quick music of an old - fashioned dance , and the ...
165 a some President in a brightly lighted room , with a swarm of young girls around him . He liked the adulation that youth pays to distinction . Through an arched doorway came the quick music of an old - fashioned dance , and the ...
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Congress Defies Johnson 389 newspaper man with the presidential party , “ to see the President of the United States standing on a platform ... The President's opponents were quick to take advantage of his decline in popular favor .
Congress Defies Johnson 389 newspaper man with the presidential party , “ to see the President of the United States standing on a platform ... The President's opponents were quick to take advantage of his decline in popular favor .
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Grant replied that he had never given the President any reason to believe that he would disobey the law , and that he considered Congress the final authority . He continued in the same letter : And now , Mr. President , when my honor as ...
Grant replied that he had never given the President any reason to believe that he would disobey the law , and that he considered Congress the final authority . He continued in the same letter : And now , Mr. President , when my honor as ...
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Contents
CHAPTER | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Meet General Grant A Star book |
| Author | William E. Woodward |
| Publisher | Garden Publishing Company, 1931 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 22 Jan 2010 |
| Length | 524 pages |
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