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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... less jobs which have to be performed on every farm , were shared by them . The first winter was one of the bitterest privation . The supplies were so scanty that the mother , unobserved by the four hungry little folks , would often give ...
... less jobs which have to be performed on every farm , were shared by them . The first winter was one of the bitterest privation . The supplies were so scanty that the mother , unobserved by the four hungry little folks , would often give ...
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... less . Hated poverty is , after all , the nursery of greatness . The discipline which would have crushed a weak soul only served to strengthen the rugged and vigorous nature of this boy . The stories which come down to us of Garfield's ...
... less . Hated poverty is , after all , the nursery of greatness . The discipline which would have crushed a weak soul only served to strengthen the rugged and vigorous nature of this boy . The stories which come down to us of Garfield's ...
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... less ambitious navigating affair proved to be not quite so rich in profanity , but more wealthy in good - natured sympathy ; his name was Amos Letcher , and he was Garfield's > cousin . To this man James told the story of his experience ...
... less ambitious navigating affair proved to be not quite so rich in profanity , but more wealthy in good - natured sympathy ; his name was Amos Letcher , and he was Garfield's > cousin . To this man James told the story of his experience ...
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... to oppression , and of sympathy for the oppressed , which he inherited from his daunt- less ancestry , began to stir within him . As the times became more and more stormy , his spirit rose with the 80 LIFE OF JAMES A. GARFIELD .
... to oppression , and of sympathy for the oppressed , which he inherited from his daunt- less ancestry , began to stir within him . As the times became more and more stormy , his spirit rose with the 80 LIFE OF JAMES A. GARFIELD .
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... less than twenty - six times . This was slow progress , but the following days were slower still . Provisions were scarce . Most of the wagon - train and equipments had been loaded on boats to be taken up the river , and the sup- plies ...
... less than twenty - six times . This was slow progress , but the following days were slower still . Provisions were scarce . Most of the wagon - train and equipments had been loaded on boats to be taken up the river , and the sup- plies ...
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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.