Meet General GrantAmerikansk historie, USA's historie, amerikansk biografi om General Ulysses S. Grant, 1822-1889, som først havde en militær karriere, bl.a. i Mexican War, og blev en berømt general i Nordstatshæren, Union Army, under den Amerikanske Borgerkrig, 1861-1865, og senere endte som amerikansk president. Beskriver hans liv, levnedsløb og militære og politiske karriere. Udkom i 1928. |
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... mind for remembrance , but he was unfortu- nately without these qualities . In his confused saga there is a tale of Ulysses falling in the water while fishing and having to swim out and go home in wet clothes . . . and of his love for ...
... mind for remembrance , but he was unfortu- nately without these qualities . In his confused saga there is a tale of Ulysses falling in the water while fishing and having to swim out and go home in wet clothes . . . and of his love for ...
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... mind , familiar with psychological inversions , may see the repercussion of his ineffective contact with people . His life , like the life of every one else , was a continuous search for power in some form . Among horses , and in ...
... mind , familiar with psychological inversions , may see the repercussion of his ineffective contact with people . His life , like the life of every one else , was a continuous search for power in some form . Among horses , and in ...
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... they wanted to be lawyers and merchants , and admired the Smart Aleck type of mind . Yet , even at that , it is very strange that he made so little " Useless " Grant 23 impression . For some reason 22 Meet General Grant.
... they wanted to be lawyers and merchants , and admired the Smart Aleck type of mind . Yet , even at that , it is very strange that he made so little " Useless " Grant 23 impression . For some reason 22 Meet General Grant.
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... mind , but on the retina of his soul . He had the gift of feeling his way through life . Nevertheless , he was neither emotional nor sentimental , for he possessed the rare faculty of turning his spiritual perceptions into logical forms ...
... mind , but on the retina of his soul . He had the gift of feeling his way through life . Nevertheless , he was neither emotional nor sentimental , for he possessed the rare faculty of turning his spiritual perceptions into logical forms ...
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... mind who had opposed Hamer's election with invective as well as argument . After some indecision on the part of Jesse Grant , it was obvious that there was nothing to do but to write to Con- gressman Hamer and beg for the appointment ...
... mind who had opposed Hamer's election with invective as well as argument . After some indecision on the part of Jesse Grant , it was obvious that there was nothing to do but to write to Con- gressman Hamer and beg for the appointment ...
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