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In actual warfare there is nothing in mathematical science beyond arithmetic that is of the least value , except to engineer officers , and these are so few in number that a special education in mathematics might be provided for them ...
In actual warfare there is nothing in mathematical science beyond arithmetic that is of the least value , except to engineer officers , and these are so few in number that a special education in mathematics might be provided for them ...
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Did he visit the bagnios with the other officers and acquire a Mexican mistress ? As to the last question , we may be allowed a strong presumption that he never even thought of a Mexican mistress , for we know that he was a thorough ...
Did he visit the bagnios with the other officers and acquire a Mexican mistress ? As to the last question , we may be allowed a strong presumption that he never even thought of a Mexican mistress , for we know that he was a thorough ...
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Grant and other officers turned it into a kind of lounging room . In one of the dusky corners in . the back of the store stood a barrel of whisky . The hospitable . proprietor invited the officers to serve themselves .
Grant and other officers turned it into a kind of lounging room . In one of the dusky corners in . the back of the store stood a barrel of whisky . The hospitable . proprietor invited the officers to serve themselves .
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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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