The People's Choice, from Washington to Harding: A Study in DemocracyThis work discusses how politics, democracy, and the presidency evolved in the United States from 1789 to 1923. |
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... mind , with an ardent and truly national patriotism , and with a conception of public service which not only surpassed that of his contemporaries , but which has been tragically rare in America since his death . After his term as ...
... mind , with an ardent and truly national patriotism , and with a conception of public service which not only surpassed that of his contemporaries , but which has been tragically rare in America since his death . After his term as ...
Page 180
... mind . No such mind could have peace on earth , and there was no peace in Lincoln's eyes — laughter , or quizzical friendliness , or baffled pain ; but never peace . And Lincoln's mouth showed the other side of him — the impudent ...
... mind . No such mind could have peace on earth , and there was no peace in Lincoln's eyes — laughter , or quizzical friendliness , or baffled pain ; but never peace . And Lincoln's mouth showed the other side of him — the impudent ...
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... mind to dismay the undergraduate - no unpredicted depths or subtleties . Knowledge , humour , self - confidence , moral purpose - all these reassuring qualities were present , and were employed in giving a view of politics which was ...
... mind to dismay the undergraduate - no unpredicted depths or subtleties . Knowledge , humour , self - confidence , moral purpose - all these reassuring qualities were present , and were employed in giving a view of politics which was ...
Contents
WASHINGTON | 3 |
JOHN ADAMS AND JEFFERSON | 32 |
MADISON MONROE AND JOHN QUINCY ADAMS | 72 |
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