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I say " seems , ” for his statement of the matter is so loose and vague that it is difficult to grasp what he meant . At any rate , Lincoln , whom he saw and heard from a distance as a spectator in a crowd - made a great impression on ...
I say " seems , ” for his statement of the matter is so loose and vague that it is difficult to grasp what he meant . At any rate , Lincoln , whom he saw and heard from a distance as a spectator in a crowd - made a great impression on ...
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He was no longer in Grant's confidence ; beneath their friendliness there was an unspoken attitude of strain , and Grant's appointment of his old friend to a place in the cabinet seems to have been made after considerable hesitation .
He was no longer in Grant's confidence ; beneath their friendliness there was an unspoken attitude of strain , and Grant's appointment of his old friend to a place in the cabinet seems to have been made after considerable hesitation .
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But he thought he had — and his delusion was not as strange as it seems . It is common among men who have had no experience in business affairs . He could have lived very well on his five thousand dollars a year in Galena , but he ...
But he thought he had — and his delusion was not as strange as it seems . It is common among men who have had no experience in business affairs . He could have lived very well on his five thousand dollars a year in Galena , but he ...
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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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