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... America . WILLIAM H. SCOTT , LL.D. , President of Ohio State University , Columbus . Educated at Ohio University , Athens ; after graduating entered upon teaching . Ex - President of Ohio University . A man of broad culture and strong ...
... America . WILLIAM H. SCOTT , LL.D. , President of Ohio State University , Columbus . Educated at Ohio University , Athens ; after graduating entered upon teaching . Ex - President of Ohio University . A man of broad culture and strong ...
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... America . At the death of her husband , who had just made an assignment , she bravely took his place , and lifted a debt of $ 300,000 , and has made a fortune besides . Her only inheritance was a tremendous debt and an opportunity ...
... America . At the death of her husband , who had just made an assignment , she bravely took his place , and lifted a debt of $ 300,000 , and has made a fortune besides . Her only inheritance was a tremendous debt and an opportunity ...
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... America , yet out of this vast number the experts who com- piled that extensive and most valuable " Encyclopedia of American Biography " could find , after a most careful and ex- haustive research , but fifteen thousand one hundred and ...
... America , yet out of this vast number the experts who com- piled that extensive and most valuable " Encyclopedia of American Biography " could find , after a most careful and ex- haustive research , but fifteen thousand one hundred and ...
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... America has a multitude of such successful men . A half cen- tury ago there were but two millionaires in the United States . Now , New York alone has more than three thousand such per- sons . Thrice that number are said to be in this ...
... America has a multitude of such successful men . A half cen- tury ago there were but two millionaires in the United States . Now , New York alone has more than three thousand such per- sons . Thrice that number are said to be in this ...
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... American citizen , in one of his public addresses , said of himself and of his early trials , " I was born in poverty ; want sat by my cradle . I know what it is to ask a mother for bread when she has none to give . 60 SINGLENESS OF AIM .
... American citizen , in one of his public addresses , said of himself and of his early trials , " I was born in poverty ; want sat by my cradle . I know what it is to ask a mother for bread when she has none to give . 60 SINGLENESS OF AIM .
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