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Page 4
... failed almost at the start . almost at the start . How he carried it to victory through defeat and trial and every possible obstacle is known to all men . tree , he was found himself facing a the idol of the country all over he was When ...
... failed almost at the start . almost at the start . How he carried it to victory through defeat and trial and every possible obstacle is known to all men . tree , he was found himself facing a the idol of the country all over he was When ...
Page 7
... failure . In a time when no American statesman except Hamilton had yet freed himself from the local feelings of the colonial days , Washington was thoroughly national in all his views . Out of the thirteen jarring colonies he meant that ...
... failure . In a time when no American statesman except Hamilton had yet freed himself from the local feelings of the colonial days , Washington was thoroughly national in all his views . Out of the thirteen jarring colonies he meant that ...
Page 38
... failed to win the vic- tory ; but the season was late and the journey so difficult that he did not believe it could be taken . Accordingly he disbanded the Indians and sent some of his troops back to Detroit , announcing that when ...
... failed to win the vic- tory ; but the season was late and the journey so difficult that he did not believe it could be taken . Accordingly he disbanded the Indians and sent some of his troops back to Detroit , announcing that when ...
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... failed to do was to march from Bristol with two thousand men ; come make a As the general plan was arranged , Gates was to cross at Trenton ; Putnam was to Ewing Come up from Philadelphia ; and Griffin was to diversion against Donop ...
... failed to do was to march from Bristol with two thousand men ; come make a As the general plan was arranged , Gates was to cross at Trenton ; Putnam was to Ewing Come up from Philadelphia ; and Griffin was to diversion against Donop ...
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... failing spirits of the people , and , what was hardly less impor- tant , produced a deep impression in Europe in favor ... failed within a year , had it not been for Washington . It is not , however , merely the fact that he was a great ...
... failing spirits of the people , and , what was hardly less impor- tant , produced a deep impression in Europe in favor ... failed within a year , had it not been for Washington . It is not , however , merely the fact that he was a great ...
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