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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From New England came both the father and mother of James A . Garfield , and it
means much . But there are reasons for looking at his ancestry more closely . The
law of heredity has long been suspected , and , in late years , has been , to a ...
From New England came both the father and mother of James A . Garfield , and it
means much . But there are reasons for looking at his ancestry more closely . The
law of heredity has long been suspected , and , in late years , has been , to a ...
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Every means known to her was used to rally the exhausted vitality , but in vain .
Chill followed chill . The vital powers were exhausted , and the life - tide ebbed
fast away . In a few hours the rustle of black wings was heard in that lowly home
in ...
Every means known to her was used to rally the exhausted vitality , but in vain .
Chill followed chill . The vital powers were exhausted , and the life - tide ebbed
fast away . In a few hours the rustle of black wings was heard in that lowly home
in ...
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Plain digging would no longer do ; there must be a better chance to contrive
something , to conjure up plans and ways and means in the brain , and show
forth ideas by the skill of the hand . Consequently a variety of tools began to
accumulate ...
Plain digging would no longer do ; there must be a better chance to contrive
something , to conjure up plans and ways and means in the brain , and show
forth ideas by the skill of the hand . Consequently a variety of tools began to
accumulate ...
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The scholar in him hungered for the scholar ' s meat and drink ; which means
books , and books , and never enough of them . These people did not have many
volumes , but they used them only the more , and knew them the better . Among ...
The scholar in him hungered for the scholar ' s meat and drink ; which means
books , and books , and never enough of them . These people did not have many
volumes , but they used them only the more , and knew them the better . Among ...
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Give a child its first look at the world through blue spectacles , and the world will
be blue to the child ; give a boy his first ideas of the world beyond his
neighborhood by means of soldiers and navies , 3 THE STRUGGLE OF
BOYHOOD .
Give a child its first look at the world through blue spectacles , and the world will
be blue to the child ; give a boy his first ideas of the world beyond his
neighborhood by means of soldiers and navies , 3 THE STRUGGLE OF
BOYHOOD .
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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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