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He saw himself standing throughout the years by the stream of life , a half - recluse , sprinkling algebra and calculus generously upon the heads of the passing generations . A quiet , soothing dream it was ; a dream that could never ...
He saw himself standing throughout the years by the stream of life , a half - recluse , sprinkling algebra and calculus generously upon the heads of the passing generations . A quiet , soothing dream it was ; a dream that could never ...
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Brooks Assaults Sumner 135 it was over a page picked up the gold head of Brooks ' broken cane , lying on the floor . “ Mr. Brooks , don't you want this piece of your cane ? ” he said . Brooks took the gold head out of the boy's hand ...
Brooks Assaults Sumner 135 it was over a page picked up the gold head of Brooks ' broken cane , lying on the floor . “ Mr. Brooks , don't you want this piece of your cane ? ” he said . Brooks took the gold head out of the boy's hand ...
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At that time there was a common saying among the enlisted men that " if you hit Rawlins on the head , you'll knock out Grant's brains . " Grant was never very popular with the soldiers of his army . They hardly ever saw him .
At that time there was a common saying among the enlisted men that " if you hit Rawlins on the head , you'll knock out Grant's brains . " Grant was never very popular with the soldiers of his army . They hardly ever saw him .
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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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