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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... entered upon teaching . Ex - President of Ohio University . A man of broad culture and strong mental powers . MERRILL E. GATES , LL.D. , L.H.D. , President of Amherst College , Massachusetts . Graduated from University of Rochester ...
... entered upon teaching . Ex - President of Ohio University . A man of broad culture and strong mental powers . MERRILL E. GATES , LL.D. , L.H.D. , President of Amherst College , Massachusetts . Graduated from University of Rochester ...
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... entered Y. M. C. A. as secretary at Concord , N. H .. engaging in the ministry later . A strong preacher and popular , successful leader of young people PROF . GEORGE S. FOREST , Of Ellsworth College , Iowa Falls , Iowa . Farmer's son ...
... entered Y. M. C. A. as secretary at Concord , N. H .. engaging in the ministry later . A strong preacher and popular , successful leader of young people PROF . GEORGE S. FOREST , Of Ellsworth College , Iowa Falls , Iowa . Farmer's son ...
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... entered the eternal realm , leaving no beneficent record to endear his memory to the affections of the world . Jay Gould succeeded in accumulating great wealth , but he did it at the expense of justice to others , and a dishonor to ...
... entered the eternal realm , leaving no beneficent record to endear his memory to the affections of the world . Jay Gould succeeded in accumulating great wealth , but he did it at the expense of justice to others , and a dishonor to ...
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... entered upon a new political era , and a new civilization , with the people as ruler . History , as men know it , is almost wholly a record of the doings of such men of decision . It is they who rule the world . Difficulties and dangers ...
... entered upon a new political era , and a new civilization , with the people as ruler . History , as men know it , is almost wholly a record of the doings of such men of decision . It is they who rule the world . Difficulties and dangers ...
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... entered the state but thirteen years before , had this for his political creed , " My voice and my vote shall ever be given for . the equality of all the children of men , before the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts , and of ...
... entered the state but thirteen years before , had this for his political creed , " My voice and my vote shall ever be given for . the equality of all the children of men , before the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts , and of ...
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Portraits and Principles of the World's Great Men and Women William C. King,Charles H. Parkhurst No preview available - 2014 |
Portraits and Principles of the World's Great Men and Women William C. King,Charles H. Parkhurst No preview available - 2014 |
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