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Soldiers come through some indistinguishable door in the wall , bringing poles which they hold up horizontally at graduated levels . Now a cadet , entering on horseback , canters about the oval and turns his horse in graceful pirouettes ...
Soldiers come through some indistinguishable door in the wall , bringing poles which they hold up horizontally at graduated levels . Now a cadet , entering on horseback , canters about the oval and turns his horse in graceful pirouettes ...
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The soldiers raise the pole even higher , but Grant and his horse go over it . At last , covered with dust and sweat , they leave the ring . Cadet Grant never turns back , never smiles and never meets the admiring ladies . encores .
The soldiers raise the pole even higher , but Grant and his horse go over it . At last , covered with dust and sweat , they leave the ring . Cadet Grant never turns back , never smiles and never meets the admiring ladies . encores .
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Soldiers. 341. merely condensed this evidence , and have left out the worst part — as the worst is always an exception . There was considerable stooping done by Americans during the campaign . These atrocities were committed by only a ...
Soldiers. 341. merely condensed this evidence , and have left out the worst part — as the worst is always an exception . There was considerable stooping done by Americans during the campaign . These atrocities were committed by only a ...
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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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