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 41
... cadet who owned the book . ( I do not know who this cadet was , but it was not Grant , as the handwriting is not his . ) In this gospel for young generals every contingency of ex- istence is divined , and a rule fashioned to fit each ...
... cadet who owned the book . ( I do not know who this cadet was , but it was not Grant , as the handwriting is not his . ) In this gospel for young generals every contingency of ex- istence is divined , and a rule fashioned to fit each ...
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... cadet who shall , by any means whatever , traduce or defame another , shall be dismissed . ” And there is Rule 129 , with its wide - spreading implications : " The cadets are not only required to abstain from all vicious , immoral or ...
... cadet who shall , by any means whatever , traduce or defame another , shall be dismissed . ” And there is Rule 129 , with its wide - spreading implications : " The cadets are not only required to abstain from all vicious , immoral or ...
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... cadet , entering on horseback , canters about the oval and turns his horse in graceful pirouettes . He smiles at the ... cadet in the front row turns around and looks at the man . " Won't he ? " he says . " Well , you wait and see ...
... cadet , entering on horseback , canters about the oval and turns his horse in graceful pirouettes . He smiles at the ... cadet in the front row turns around and looks at the man . " Won't he ? " he says . " Well , you wait and see ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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