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The conquest of nature acquired a romanticism that is equaled only , in our day , by the golden aura which surrounds the gospel of commercial success . Yet , strong as was this passion for nature , it was destined soon to pass away .
The conquest of nature acquired a romanticism that is equaled only , in our day , by the golden aura which surrounds the gospel of commercial success . Yet , strong as was this passion for nature , it was destined soon to pass away .
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The trouble with McClellan was that , although he knew all about soldiering , he was not made by nature to be a soldier . He knew how to organize armies , how to make friends with his men and how to plan campaigns , but he could not win ...
The trouble with McClellan was that , although he knew all about soldiering , he was not made by nature to be a soldier . He knew how to organize armies , how to make friends with his men and how to plan campaigns , but he could not win ...
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It was too much for human nature to bear — at any rate , it was too much for the nature of husky stevedores to bear . On Monday morning before ten o'clock bullets were whistling down Third Avenue and the conscription office at the ...
It was too much for human nature to bear — at any rate , it was too much for the nature of husky stevedores to bear . On Monday morning before ten o'clock bullets were whistling down Third Avenue and the conscription office at the ...
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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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