Portraits and Principles of the World's Great Men and Women: With Practical Lessons on Successful Life by Over Fifty Leading Thinkers ... |
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... served his State in the House of Representatives and the Senate , and twice elected governor . For twenty years a leading official in the grange and devoted friend of the farmer . PROF . DAVID C. WELLS , B.A. , B.D. , Of Dartmouth ...
... served his State in the House of Representatives and the Senate , and twice elected governor . For twenty years a leading official in the grange and devoted friend of the farmer . PROF . DAVID C. WELLS , B.A. , B.D. , Of Dartmouth ...
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... Served as chaplain of the 12th Ver- mont Regiment . In 1869 went abroad for study . REV . GEORGE EDWARD REED , D.D. , President of Dickinson College , Carlisle , Pennsylvania . Graduate of Wilbraham Academy , 1865 , and Wesleyan ...
... Served as chaplain of the 12th Ver- mont Regiment . In 1869 went abroad for study . REV . GEORGE EDWARD REED , D.D. , President of Dickinson College , Carlisle , Pennsylvania . Graduate of Wilbraham Academy , 1865 , and Wesleyan ...
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... served in the 17th Conn . Vols . In 1867 accepted clerkship New York city . In 1872 began a vigorous campaign to suppress obscene literature , and has faith- fully served the nation along this line for twenty - two years . JOHN C ...
... served in the 17th Conn . Vols . In 1867 accepted clerkship New York city . In 1872 began a vigorous campaign to suppress obscene literature , and has faith- fully served the nation along this line for twenty - two years . JOHN C ...
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... Served two terms in New Hampshire Legislature . 1881 , appointed by Garfield consul to Nice . In 1886 elected president of Hillsdale College . R. M. ARMSTRONG , State Secretary Y. M. C. A. for Massachusetts and Rhode Island . Learned ...
... Served two terms in New Hampshire Legislature . 1881 , appointed by Garfield consul to Nice . In 1886 elected president of Hillsdale College . R. M. ARMSTRONG , State Secretary Y. M. C. A. for Massachusetts and Rhode Island . Learned ...
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... serves only to remind you of your previous folly . Be willing , therefore , to learn from others . Example is a better , more kindly , and less expensive instructor than experience , and the many life lessons here fur- nished will , if ...
... serves only to remind you of your previous folly . Be willing , therefore , to learn from others . Example is a better , more kindly , and less expensive instructor than experience , and the many life lessons here fur- nished will , if ...
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