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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... believe in it , tens of thou- sands had hoped that the democratic theory would prove the correct one , millions had traditionally accepted the name of democrat , but few indeed had been the men who really believed in democracy as did ...
... believe in it , tens of thou- sands had hoped that the democratic theory would prove the correct one , millions had traditionally accepted the name of democrat , but few indeed had been the men who really believed in democracy as did ...
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... believe that the idea of going back across the river ever occurred to him as a possible recourse . His character was extremely obstinate , and there was his superstition against turning back . I do not believe he would have retreated ...
... believe that the idea of going back across the river ever occurred to him as a possible recourse . His character was extremely obstinate , and there was his superstition against turning back . I do not believe he would have retreated ...
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... believe there was really an out - and - out atheist in the world , because religion- no matter what its form may be is an innate , or an intuitive , element of man's soul , and all religions presuppose a deity , or deities , of some ...
... believe there was really an out - and - out atheist in the world , because religion- no matter what its form may be is an innate , or an intuitive , element of man's soul , and all religions presuppose a deity , or deities , of some ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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