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... President's opponents were quick to take advantage of his decline in popular favor . When Congress met in Decem- ber ... President . The bill became a law over the President's veto on March 2 , 1867 . The On the same day Congress passed ...
... President's opponents were quick to take advantage of his decline in popular favor . When Congress met in Decem- ber ... President . The bill became a law over the President's veto on March 2 , 1867 . The On the same day Congress passed ...
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... President on their side . Now one of Grant's brothers - in - law , A. R. Corbin , appears before the footlights of this drama . He is a slippery , uneasy man of sixty - seven , with his eye on the fleshpots of high finance . Gould and ...
... President on their side . Now one of Grant's brothers - in - law , A. R. Corbin , appears before the footlights of this drama . He is a slippery , uneasy man of sixty - seven , with his eye on the fleshpots of high finance . Gould and ...
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... President smiled at his as- sociates and said , " Babcock has returned , as you see , and has brought a treaty of ... President over the intervening products of San Domingo , broke the embarrassing silence . " But , Mr. President , " he ...
... President smiled at his as- sociates and said , " Babcock has returned , as you see , and has brought a treaty of ... President over the intervening products of San Domingo , broke the embarrassing silence . " But , Mr. President , " he ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FAntasies | 25 |
THE UNWILLING Soldier | 38 |
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