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Page 128
... political machine from the impending storm . Virginia has now an opportunity to set the latter , and has enough for the former , I hope , to take the lead in promoting this great and ardu- ous work . Without an alteration in our political ...
... political machine from the impending storm . Virginia has now an opportunity to set the latter , and has enough for the former , I hope , to take the lead in promoting this great and ardu- ous work . Without an alteration in our political ...
Page 156
... political rivalries of those two distinguished members of Washington's first Cabinet . No occurrence in Washington's eight years as President brought him greater concern than these two gifted gentlemen sitting on op- posite political ...
... political rivalries of those two distinguished members of Washington's first Cabinet . No occurrence in Washington's eight years as President brought him greater concern than these two gifted gentlemen sitting on op- posite political ...
Page 357
... political arena with no interest whatsoever in becoming a part of it . This veteran was William Tecumseh Sher- man , retired General - in - Chief of the United States Army . However , the American predilection for political figures with ...
... political arena with no interest whatsoever in becoming a part of it . This veteran was William Tecumseh Sher- man , retired General - in - Chief of the United States Army . However , the American predilection for political figures with ...
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George Washington writes his wife of his selection as Com | 3 |
refuses to answer a letter and loses thirteen fine | 9 |
Benjamin Franklin makes a freak suggestion | 15 |
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