Meet General GrantGarden Publishing Company, 1931 - 524 pages |
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Page 170
... mind . He dealt habitually in philosophical generalizations , pleasant to contemplate , but rather remote from the sweat and worry of life . His ideas were the regurgitations of ancient thought , put in precise and elegant form . He ...
... mind . He dealt habitually in philosophical generalizations , pleasant to contemplate , but rather remote from the sweat and worry of life . His ideas were the regurgitations of ancient thought , put in precise and elegant form . He ...
Page 336
... mind when Sherman set out from Chattanooga . His objective was Atlanta , and his further progress through Georgia was the result of circum- stances . He expected that Hood , after Atlanta was evacuated , would remain continually in ...
... mind when Sherman set out from Chattanooga . His objective was Atlanta , and his further progress through Georgia was the result of circum- stances . He expected that Hood , after Atlanta was evacuated , would remain continually in ...
Page 439
... mind . He believed in a high tariff , and was so insistent about it that this low - tariff con- vention had to leave all mention of the tariff out of its platform , except to declare in a weak clause that it was a matter to be decided ...
... mind . He believed in a high tariff , and was so insistent about it that this low - tariff con- vention had to leave all mention of the tariff out of its platform , except to declare in a weak clause that it was a matter to be decided ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
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