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6 The commandant of cadets during Grant's years at the Academy was C. F. Smith , who was ( I believe ) a captain at that time . Smith was a soldier of great ability . He had a passionate liking for the science of war , and he knew as ...
6 The commandant of cadets during Grant's years at the Academy was C. F. Smith , who was ( I believe ) a captain at that time . Smith was a soldier of great ability . He had a passionate liking for the science of war , and he knew as ...
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But it is entirely plausible to believe that his bitter distaste for the military life started him in the drinking habit . We shall not understand his character at all unless we conceive him constantly as a pacifist .
But it is entirely plausible to believe that his bitter distaste for the military life started him in the drinking habit . We shall not understand his character at all unless we conceive him constantly as a pacifist .
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I don't think he did ; I do not believe that the idea of going back across the river ever occurred to him as a possible His character was extremely obstinate , and there was his superstition against turning back . I do not believe he ...
I don't think he did ; I do not believe that the idea of going back across the river ever occurred to him as a possible His character was extremely obstinate , and there was his superstition against turning back . I do not believe he ...
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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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