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Of course , the idea of preserving the Union , there was that ... but would men fight for such a cloudy abstraction ? Could the uncouth Lincoln drag a whole nation into war on such a flimsy pretext ? In this , as in all wars , most of ...
Of course , the idea of preserving the Union , there was that ... but would men fight for such a cloudy abstraction ? Could the uncouth Lincoln drag a whole nation into war on such a flimsy pretext ? In this , as in all wars , most of ...
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Rawlins and the others would systematically talk their ideas into it , for weeks , not directly ... In the end , he would announce the idea as his own , without seeming conscious of the discussion ; and would give the orders to carry it ...
Rawlins and the others would systematically talk their ideas into it , for weeks , not directly ... In the end , he would announce the idea as his own , without seeming conscious of the discussion ; and would give the orders to carry it ...
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Good idea . A secret society for amusement , with pass - words and ear - wriggling signs . Before they parted at midnight they had organized the Ku - Klux Klan . They decided to wear sheets over their heads as a disguise_long , flowing ...
Good idea . A secret society for amusement , with pass - words and ear - wriggling signs . Before they parted at midnight they had organized the Ku - Klux Klan . They decided to wear sheets over their heads as a disguise_long , flowing ...
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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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