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... close of the Civil War , when the name of General Grant was like a word written in the skies , to be seen by all men , Ulysses came back to his father's cottage for a brief visit . His mother appeared , in her working apron , her ...
... close of the Civil War , when the name of General Grant was like a word written in the skies , to be seen by all men , Ulysses came back to his father's cottage for a brief visit . His mother appeared , in her working apron , her ...
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... close of the day the switches were usually worn out . These beatings do not appear to have caused any rancor in the heart of Ulysses ; or he may have had a tough skin . “ I never had any hard feelings against my teacher , ” he wrote ...
... close of the day the switches were usually worn out . These beatings do not appear to have caused any rancor in the heart of Ulysses ; or he may have had a tough skin . “ I never had any hard feelings against my teacher , ” he wrote ...
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... close that one thinks of it as a kind of mystic fatalism . He married a Southern woman ; a Louisiana general - Zachary Taylor - was his mili- tary ideal ; and he became one of the shining stars of American history through the rebellion ...
... close that one thinks of it as a kind of mystic fatalism . He married a Southern woman ; a Louisiana general - Zachary Taylor - was his mili- tary ideal ; and he became one of the shining stars of American history through the rebellion ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FAntasies | 25 |
THE UNWILLING Soldier | 38 |
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