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 96
... sense , but common sense is a quality that is so seldom used in warfare that it attracts immediate attention whenever it appears . A church with a broad , square steeple stood just outside the walls of the city . Grant borrowed a ...
... sense , but common sense is a quality that is so seldom used in warfare that it attracts immediate attention whenever it appears . A church with a broad , square steeple stood just outside the walls of the city . Grant borrowed a ...
Page 140
... sense of personal value there was a collateral strain of uprightness . Pride and honesty went hand in hand . Men who are living up to great traditions do not stoop to theft and lying , nor to shifty financial dealings . The lofty though ...
... sense of personal value there was a collateral strain of uprightness . Pride and honesty went hand in hand . Men who are living up to great traditions do not stoop to theft and lying , nor to shifty financial dealings . The lofty though ...
Page 203
... sense did not find much encouragement at that time among the strategists at Wash- ington . Yet any one may readily see that the Union possession of the great river throughout its entire length would not only isolate Texas , Arkansas and ...
... sense did not find much encouragement at that time among the strategists at Wash- ington . Yet any one may readily see that the Union possession of the great river throughout its entire length would not only isolate Texas , Arkansas and ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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