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Somehow during his early childhood he had acquired an extraordinary inhibition against turning back when he had once started anywhere . He would not retrace his steps , if he could avoid it , even in cases where a turning back would not ...
Somehow during his early childhood he had acquired an extraordinary inhibition against turning back when he had once started anywhere . He would not retrace his steps , if he could avoid it , even in cases where a turning back would not ...
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I have frequently started to go to places where I had never been and to which I did not know the way , depending upon making inquiries on the road , and if I got past the place without knowing it , instead of turning back , I would go ...
I have frequently started to go to places where I had never been and to which I did not know the way , depending upon making inquiries on the road , and if I got past the place without knowing it , instead of turning back , I would go ...
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Missouri was counted on absolutely by the Confederates , but to their surprise the Union sentiment turned out to be too strong . The Kentuckians tried to play the impossible rôle of neutrals . The eleven states that formed the ...
Missouri was counted on absolutely by the Confederates , but to their surprise the Union sentiment turned out to be too strong . The Kentuckians tried to play the impossible rôle of neutrals . The eleven states that formed 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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