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But Woodward recognizes that there was a case for President Grant : he believed in sound money , and used his veto power to repel inflation of the currency . He favored reform of the Civil Service and urged Congress to provide for a ...
But Woodward recognizes that there was a case for President Grant : he believed in sound money , and used his veto power to repel inflation of the currency . He favored reform of the Civil Service and urged Congress to provide for a ...
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We have here , then , an aggregate of 1,120,000 available ; but we should subtract a considerable percentage - say , thirty per cent — to allow for physical disability , and for detachment on services in civil life necessary for the ...
We have here , then , an aggregate of 1,120,000 available ; but we should subtract a considerable percentage - say , thirty per cent — to allow for physical disability , and for detachment on services in civil life necessary for the ...
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... without leaving their seats , put through another far - reaching anti - presidential measure called the Tenure of Office Act . This bill provided that " every person holding any civil office to which he had been appointed by and ...
... without leaving their seats , put through another far - reaching anti - presidential measure called the Tenure of Office Act . This bill provided that " every person holding any civil office to which he had been appointed by and ...
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Contents
CHAPTER | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Meet General Grant |
| Author | William E. Woodward |
| Publisher | Liveright Publishing Corporation, 1946 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 30 Oct 2006 |
| ISBN | 1404749136, 9781404749139 |
| Length | 524 pages |
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