The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Volumen51

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Historical Society of Pennsylvania., 1927
 

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Página 117 - Congress, a medal of honor only to each person who, while an officer or enlisted man of the Army, shall hereafter, in action involving actual conflict with an enemy, distinguish himself conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty.
Página 110 - Before this favor can be conferred on any man, the particular fact, or facts, on which it is to be grounded must be set forth to the Commander-in-chief accompanied with certificates from the Commanding officers of the regiment and brigade to which the Candidate for reward belonged, or other...
Página 139 - ... does Cuba, in the possession of Spain, seriously endanger our internal peace and the existence of our cherished Union? Should this question be answered in the affirmative, then, by every law, human and divine, we shall be justified in wresting it from Spain if we possess the power...
Página 383 - By His Excellency George Washington, Esq: General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America...
Página 86 - How to Develop and Strengthen Will Power, Memory, or any other Faculty or Attribute of the Mind by the Easy Process of Self Hypnotism.
Página 123 - ... to any person who, while serving in any capacity with the Army of the United States...
Página 217 - Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
Página 26 - My heart is awed within me when I think Of the great miracle that still goes on, In silence, round me, — the perpetual work Of thy creation, finished, yet renewed Forever.
Página 278 - The part he acted against me in the late war, which is of public notoriety, will account for my leaving him no more of an estate he endeavored to deprive me of.
Página 20 - See the sage Rittenhouse, with ardent eye, Lift the long tube and pierce the starry sky ; Clear in his view the circling systems roll, And broader splendours gild the central pole ; He marks what laws th...

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