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... Ulysses , so the child was called Hiram Ulysses Grant . A virile name is Hiram , devoid of sweetness , and carrying a sense of muscular strength . No doubt it was hoped by the hard - handed tree - choppers of the family that Ulysses ...
... Ulysses , so the child was called Hiram Ulysses Grant . A virile name is Hiram , devoid of sweetness , and carrying a sense of muscular strength . No doubt it was hoped by the hard - handed tree - choppers of the family that Ulysses ...
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... Ulysses , you'll have to go into the beam - room and help me to - day . " It appears that there was a shortage of workmen at the time . Ulysses said nothing at first , but as he and his father approached the tannery , he burst out in ...
... Ulysses , you'll have to go into the beam - room and help me to - day . " It appears that there was a shortage of workmen at the time . Ulysses said nothing at first , but as he and his father approached the tannery , he burst out in ...
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... Ulysses . Then he picked up another sheet of paper and wrote to the War Department that his choice for the vacancy at West Point was Ulysses ... and there his pen paused . Ulysses must have a middle name , Hamer thought , and he ...
... Ulysses . Then he picked up another sheet of paper and wrote to the War Department that his choice for the vacancy at West Point was Ulysses ... and there his pen paused . Ulysses must have a middle name , Hamer thought , and he ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FAntasies | 25 |
THE UNWILLING Soldier | 38 |
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