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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... never missed a sabbath in attending the church three miles away . If ever there was an carnest , honest Christian , Eliza Garfield was one . A short , cheerful prayer each morning , no matter how early she and the children rose , a word ...
... never missed a sabbath in attending the church three miles away . If ever there was an carnest , honest Christian , Eliza Garfield was one . A short , cheerful prayer each morning , no matter how early she and the children rose , a word ...
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... never for a moment without an object in life . The ambition to " be something " took many different turns , but was a force which , once created , could never be put down . The care and skill requisite to putting a house together ...
... never for a moment without an object in life . The ambition to " be something " took many different turns , but was a force which , once created , could never be put down . The care and skill requisite to putting a house together ...
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... never ceased . The story never grew old . The pirate had not died , but still plotted for plunder , and hungered for black flags , cutlasses and blood . No doubt Garfield would have been a good- hearted corsair - one of the generous ...
... never ceased . The story never grew old . The pirate had not died , but still plotted for plunder , and hungered for black flags , cutlasses and blood . No doubt Garfield would have been a good- hearted corsair - one of the generous ...
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... never could be ; nor was the glamour of the sea quite gone . It would take the winter of sickness which was before him to remove all nautical aspirations . Arriving be- fore the old gate one night while the stars were out in all their ...
... never could be ; nor was the glamour of the sea quite gone . It would take the winter of sickness which was before him to remove all nautical aspirations . Arriving be- fore the old gate one night while the stars were out in all their ...
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... never forgot a moment the purpose for which he was there . Every recitation found his work well done ; every meeting of the literary society knew his presence and heard his voice . The library was his fa vorite corner of the building ...
... never forgot a moment the purpose for which he was there . Every recitation found his work well done ; every meeting of the literary society knew his presence and heard his voice . The library was his fa vorite corner of the building ...
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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 318 - 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 472 - 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 309 - 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 414 - ... from which the thoughts of a mighty people are to be measured, and by which their final action will be determined.