The Life and Work of James A. Garfield ...: Embracing an Account of the Scenes and Incidents of His Boyhood; the Struggles of His Youth ... His Valor as a Soldier; His Career as a Statesman; His Election to the Presidency; and the Tragic Story of His DeathJones brothers, 1881 - 820 Seiten |
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... House . - An authority on Revenue and Expenditure . Speaks against the McGarraghan Claim .-- Advocates an Educational Fund . - Opposes inflation of currency . - Dis- cusses the railway problem . - An oration on the Elements of Success ...
... House . - An authority on Revenue and Expenditure . Speaks against the McGarraghan Claim .-- Advocates an Educational Fund . - Opposes inflation of currency . - Dis- cusses the railway problem . - An oration on the Elements of Success ...
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... house THE GARFIELD CABIN . only in having open cracks . The barn - yard had a worm fence around it , and contained a heavy ox - wagon and a feeding- trough for hogs . Skirt- ing the clearing on all sides was the forest pri- meval ...
... house THE GARFIELD CABIN . only in having open cracks . The barn - yard had a worm fence around it , and contained a heavy ox - wagon and a feeding- trough for hogs . Skirt- ing the clearing on all sides was the forest pri- meval ...
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... house ; we then immediately went before them and passed the bridge , just before a party of them , to the number of ... houses , one barn , and one shop . " The act of signature to that paper was one of the sublimest courage . It ...
... house ; we then immediately went before them and passed the bridge , just before a party of them , to the number of ... houses , one barn , and one shop . " The act of signature to that paper was one of the sublimest courage . It ...
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... house , a mile and a half distant , at a place dignified with the name of a village , though it contained only a store , blacksmith shop , and the school . But the school was too far away . The enterprise of Mrs. Garfield was nowhere ...
... house , a mile and a half distant , at a place dignified with the name of a village , though it contained only a store , blacksmith shop , and the school . But the school was too far away . The enterprise of Mrs. Garfield was nowhere ...
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... house together , fitting the rafters into place , and joining part to part with mathematical pre- cision , gave him an idea that these things were of a higher order than farm labor . Plain digging would no longer do ; there must be a ...
... house together , fitting the rafters into place , and joining part to part with mathematical pre- cision , gave him an idea that these things were of a higher order than farm labor . Plain digging would no longer do ; there must be a ...
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Seite 210 - Congress assembled, shall be defrayed out of a common treasury which shall be supplied by the several states in proportion to the value of all land within each state, granted to or surveyed for any person as such land and the buildings and improvements thereon shall be estimated, according to such mode as the United States in Congress assembled shall, from time to time, direct and appoint.
Seite 239 - Such was he: his work is done. But while the races of mankind endure, Let his great example stand Colossal, seen of every land, And keep the soldier firm, the statesman pure : Till in all lands and thro...
Seite 278 - There would be an end of everything, were the same man or the same body, whether of the nobles or of the people, to exercise those three powers, that of enacting laws, that of executing the public resolutions, and of trying the causes of individuals.
Seite 316 - It has been asserted by one of our profound and most gifted statesmen, that "of all the contrivances for cheating the laboring classes of mankind none has been more effectual than that which deludes them with paper money. This is the most effectual of inventions to fertilize the rich man's fields by the sweat of the poor man's brow.
Seite 278 - When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person or body," says he, " there can be no liberty, because apprehensions may arise lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute them in a tyrannical manner.
Seite 283 - States, directed to the president of the senate. The president of the senate shall, in the presence of the senate and house of representatives, open all the certificates, and the votes shall then be counted; the person having the greatest number of votes for president shall be president, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed...
Seite 470 - For the North and South alike there is but one remedy. All the constitutional power of the nation and of the States and all the volunteer forces of the people should be surrendered to meet this danger by the savory influence of universal education.
Seite 41 - Our toils obscure, and a' that; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The Man's the gowd for a' that. What though on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin gray, and a' that; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine. A Man's a Man for a
Seite 307 - I have seen the sea lashed into fury and tossed into spray, and its grandeur moves the soul of the dullest man ; but I remember that it is not the billows, but the calm level of the sea, from which all heights and depths are measured.
Seite 412 - ... from which the thoughts of a mighty people are to be measured, and by which their final action will be determined.