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... successful pe tory . but So the people can be really great unless they possess virtues which are as needful in time of peace as and as important in civil as in military life . Do As a cue people we desire peace , but the only peace ...
... successful pe tory . but So the people can be really great unless they possess virtues which are as needful in time of peace as and as important in civil as in military life . Do As a cue people we desire peace , but the only peace ...
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... success . When the troubles came with France it was by the soldiers under his command that the first shots were ... successful in his private affairs and serving the public effectively but quietly as a member of the House of Burgesses ...
... success . When the troubles came with France it was by the soldiers under his command that the first shots were ... successful in his private affairs and serving the public effectively but quietly as a member of the House of Burgesses ...
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... successful termination of the war has verified the most sanguine expectations , and my gratitude for the interposition of Providence and the assistance I have received from my countrymen increases with every review of the momentous ...
... successful termination of the war has verified the most sanguine expectations , and my gratitude for the interposition of Providence and the assistance I have received from my countrymen increases with every review of the momentous ...
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... success , and when the convention to form a constitution met at Philadelphia , he presided over its delibera- tions , and it was his commanding will which , more than anything else , brought a constitution through difficulties and ...
... success , and when the convention to form a constitution met at Philadelphia , he presided over its delibera- tions , and it was his commanding will which , more than anything else , brought a constitution through difficulties and ...
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... success Commanded his army , and when the and endurance when he heavy anxieties of general and president weighed upon his mind and heart . He was an educated , but not a learned man 12 FROM AMERICAN HISTORY HERO TALES.
... success Commanded his army , and when the and endurance when he heavy anxieties of general and president weighed upon his mind and heart . He was an educated , but not a learned man 12 FROM AMERICAN HISTORY HERO TALES.
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