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Grant's Political Ideas 115 exactly clear why the Southern states expressed such indignation . In 1850 only 1,011 slaves ran away to the North , and ten years later , in 1860 , the number had diminished to 803.
Grant's Political Ideas 115 exactly clear why the Southern states expressed such indignation . In 1850 only 1,011 slaves ran away to the North , and ten years later , in 1860 , the number had diminished to 803.
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5 Grant did not bother himself with political questions in these early months of peace . In later years he floundered in politics like a poor swimmer in rough water , but not in 1865 . That year , so noisy with political dissension ...
5 Grant did not bother himself with political questions in these early months of peace . In later years he floundered in politics like a poor swimmer in rough water , but not in 1865 . That year , so noisy with political dissension ...
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Grant's Apology 455 only occasion in his political life where he made this admission . He said : It was my fortune , or misfortune , to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training .
Grant's Apology 455 only occasion in his political life where he made this admission . He said : It was my fortune , or misfortune , to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training .
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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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