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... President only once , years earlier , on a day when from the outskirts of the crowd he heard a gawky Illi- nois ... President that Stan- ton said " The President is a fool . " " Did Stanton say I was a fool ? " inquired Lincoln . " He ...
... President only once , years earlier , on a day when from the outskirts of the crowd he heard a gawky Illi- nois ... President that Stan- ton said " The President is a fool . " " Did Stanton say I was a fool ? " inquired Lincoln . " He ...
Page 159
... President became very much frightened about him . " The President was reminded " that the hot pursuit had been a little like that of General Cass was said to have been , in one of our Indian wars , when he was an officer of the army ...
... President became very much frightened about him . " The President was reminded " that the hot pursuit had been a little like that of General Cass was said to have been , in one of our Indian wars , when he was an officer of the army ...
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... President but for those Cabinet members who had backed him up in the imputations against Grant's character . Never again did he have intercourse with any of them . Although the episode was typical of the General's inability ( at that ...
... President but for those Cabinet members who had backed him up in the imputations against Grant's character . Never again did he have intercourse with any of them . Although the episode was typical of the General's inability ( at that ...
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