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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Page 27
... turning his spiritual perceptions into logical forms . That is why Lincoln's reasoning was so precise , so closely knit , and so simple it came from the most primitive sources . · On the other hand , Grant's thinking ran outward , not ...
... turning his spiritual perceptions into logical forms . That is why Lincoln's reasoning was so precise , so closely knit , and so simple it came from the most primitive sources . · On the other hand , Grant's thinking ran outward , not ...
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... turning back when he had once started anywhere . He would not retrace his steps , if he could avoid it , even in cases where a turning back would not make the slightest difference . When he lived in New York , after his two terms as ...
... turning back when he had once started anywhere . He would not retrace his steps , if he could avoid it , even in cases where a turning back would not make the slightest difference . When he lived in New York , after his two terms as ...
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... turning back , I would go on until a road was found turning in the right direction , take that , and come in by the ... turned over and the hair is taken off in a some- what similar fashion . In the beam - room of Jesse Grant's tannery ...
... turning back , I would go on until a road was found turning in the right direction , take that , and come in by the ... turned over and the hair is taken off in a some- what similar fashion . In the beam - room of Jesse Grant's tannery ...
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... Turning to another page , we find good manners the subject of discourse : " No cadet shall use any reproachful or provok- ing speeches or gestures to another , on pain of being confined , and of asking pardon of the party offended , in ...
... Turning to another page , we find good manners the subject of discourse : " No cadet shall use any reproachful or provok- ing speeches or gestures to another , on pain of being confined , and of asking pardon of the party offended , in ...
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... not keep step . As a sergeant he would have to march among the file - closers and therefore would not be able to throw the column out of step by his stumbling . The appointment to a sergeantcy turned out to be unfortu-
... not keep step . As a sergeant he would have to march among the file - closers and therefore would not be able to throw the column out of step by his stumbling . The appointment to a sergeantcy turned out to be unfortu-
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