Meet General GrantGarden Publishing Company, 1931 - 524 pages |
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Page 35
... become " Hug " would never do - so the tacks had to be pulled out . Ulysses left with mingled joy and reluctance . He had no desire to become a soldier , but he was cheered by the thought that on his way to West Point he would pass ...
... become " Hug " would never do - so the tacks had to be pulled out . Ulysses left with mingled joy and reluctance . He had no desire to become a soldier , but he was cheered by the thought that on his way to West Point he would pass ...
Page 40
... become West Point's most distinguished son , he wrote that when he entered the Academy he had little hope of ever getting through the course ; and he had expected , if he did graduate , to resign from the army and try to get a place as ...
... become West Point's most distinguished son , he wrote that when he entered the Academy he had little hope of ever getting through the course ; and he had expected , if he did graduate , to resign from the army and try to get a place as ...
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... become acquainted with James D. Fish , its president , a gray - haired man of about fifty , and they grew into a pair of conspirators . I think Fish was deceived by Ward at first , and by the time he saw through the deception both he ...
... become acquainted with James D. Fish , its president , a gray - haired man of about fifty , and they grew into a pair of conspirators . I think Fish was deceived by Ward at first , and by the time he saw through the deception both he ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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