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... mind ... and I have thought of him all day . " Grant , too , had been a hero to his countrymen . He had won a great war , and then had declared , " Let us have peace . ” He was entombed , on his death , in one of the most impres- sive ...
... mind ... and I have thought of him all day . " Grant , too , had been a hero to his countrymen . He had won a great war , and then had declared , " Let us have peace . ” He was entombed , on his death , in one of the most impres- sive ...
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... mind for remembrance , but he was unfortu- nately without these qualities . In his confused saga there is a tale of Ulysses falling in the water while fishing and having to swim out and go home in wet clothes . . . and of his love for ...
... mind for remembrance , but he was unfortu- nately without these qualities . In his confused saga there is a tale of Ulysses falling in the water while fishing and having to swim out and go home in wet clothes . . . and of his love for ...
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... mind . He dealt habitually in philosophical generalizations , pleasant to contemplate , but rather remote from the sweat and worry of life . His ideas were the regurgitations of ancient thought , put in precise and elegant form . He ...
... mind . He dealt habitually in philosophical generalizations , pleasant to contemplate , but rather remote from the sweat and worry of life . His ideas were the regurgitations of ancient thought , put in precise and elegant form . He ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FAntasies | 25 |
THE UNWILLING Soldier | 38 |
Copyright | |
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