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I do love the place it seems as though I could live here forever , if my friends would only come too . You might search the wide world over and then not find a better . On the whole I like the place very much — so much that I would not ...
I do love the place it seems as though I could live here forever , if my friends would only come too . You might search the wide world over and then not find a better . On the whole I like the place very much — so much that I would not ...
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So Ames was not expelled , but he died soon afterwards , " of a broken heart , ” according to his friends . The report of the committee revealed the fact that the Credit Mobilier , its stockholders and friends , had obtained ...
So Ames was not expelled , but he died soon afterwards , " of a broken heart , ” according to his friends . The report of the committee revealed the fact that the Credit Mobilier , its stockholders and friends , had obtained ...
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He had friends in official positions , and the President could remove them . One of Sumner's close friends was John Lothrop Motley , the American Minister to England . The day after the San Domingo treaty was rejected by the Senate ...
He had friends in official positions , and the President could remove them . One of Sumner's close friends was John Lothrop Motley , the American Minister to England . The day after the San Domingo treaty was rejected by the Senate ...
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User Review - pjsullivan - LibraryThingThis biography of Grant extends into a history of his times. The writing is informed, elegant, readable, and interesting. And very quotable: "Certainly no man can be a Christian and a soldier at the ... Read full review
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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