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 Death |
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My heart and thoughts are full almost every moment with the terrible reality of our
country ' s condition . We have learned so long to look upon the convulsions of
European states as things wholly impossible here , that the people are slow in ...
My heart and thoughts are full almost every moment with the terrible reality of our
country ' s condition . We have learned so long to look upon the convulsions of
European states as things wholly impossible here , that the people are slow in ...
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The condition was complied with already . On the 16th of August , Garfield
reported for duty , and received his commission . His first order was to “ report in
person to Brigadier - General Hill , for such duty as he may assign to you in
connection ...
The condition was complied with already . On the 16th of August , Garfield
reported for duty , and received his commission . His first order was to “ report in
person to Brigadier - General Hill , for such duty as he may assign to you in
connection ...
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He himself shall tell the story : “ I have had a curious interest in watching the
process in my own mind , by which the fabric of my life is being demolished and
reconstructed , to meet the new condition of affairs . One by one my old plans and
...
He himself shall tell the story : “ I have had a curious interest in watching the
process in my own mind , by which the fabric of my life is being demolished and
reconstructed , to meet the new condition of affairs . One by one my old plans and
...
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I can better ascertain the true state of the case when you get on the ground . “
You are apprised of the condition of the troops under your command . Go first to
Lexington and Paris , and place the Fortieth Ohio Regiment in such a position as
will ...
I can better ascertain the true state of the case when you get on the ground . “
You are apprised of the condition of the troops under your command . Go first to
Lexington and Paris , and place the Fortieth Ohio Regiment in such a position as
will ...
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Here they stopped until morning , meanwhile endeavoring to discover the
number and condition of the mountain paths . The information obtained was
meager , but sufficient to help form a plan of attack . One main path led directly up
to the ...
Here they stopped until morning , meanwhile endeavoring to discover the
number and condition of the mountain paths . The information obtained was
meager , but sufficient to help form a plan of attack . One main path led directly up
to the ...
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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.
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| Titel | 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 Death |
| Autor/in | John Clark Ridpath |
| Verlag | Jones brothers, 1881 |
| Original von | University of Michigan |
| Digitalisiert | 30. Okt. 2006 |
| Länge | 820 Seiten |
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