The Life and Public Services of James A. Garfield ...: Together with Notable Extracts from His Speeches and LettersLothrop, 1881 - 587 páginas |
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... ment from the Western Reserve . - Is appointed Colonel . — General Buell's Order . Garfield takes charge of the 18th Brigade . - Jor- dan's perilous journey . — Bradley Brown . — Plan of a Campaign . - March against Marshall . - - - THE ...
... ment from the Western Reserve . - Is appointed Colonel . — General Buell's Order . Garfield takes charge of the 18th Brigade . - Jor- dan's perilous journey . — Bradley Brown . — Plan of a Campaign . - March against Marshall . - - - THE ...
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... ment of Eastern Kentucky , what would you do ? Come here at nine o'clock to - morrow morning and tell me . " Garfield went back to his hotel , found a map of Kentucky , the latest census report , etc. , and then with paper , pen , and ...
... ment of Eastern Kentucky , what would you do ? Come here at nine o'clock to - morrow morning and tell me . " Garfield went back to his hotel , found a map of Kentucky , the latest census report , etc. , and then with paper , pen , and ...
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... ment . The Confederates readily yielded their post at Chattanooga , but it was only to give the appear- ance of a retreat . In reality , they were concen- trating all their forces along the banks of the Chickamauga , and already their ...
... ment . The Confederates readily yielded their post at Chattanooga , but it was only to give the appear- ance of a retreat . In reality , they were concen- trating all their forces along the banks of the Chickamauga , and already their ...
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... ment officers have been assailed ! A furious mob rules the thoroughfares of New York and clamors for revenge . One man who is suspected of rebel sentiments is shot dead on the spot ; another instant and his adversary lies beside him in ...
... ment officers have been assailed ! A furious mob rules the thoroughfares of New York and clamors for revenge . One man who is suspected of rebel sentiments is shot dead on the spot ; another instant and his adversary lies beside him in ...
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... ment are the establishment of His throne . Mercy and truth shall go before His face . Fellow citi- zens , God reigns , and the Government at Wash- ington still lives ! ” An eye - witness writes of the memorable scene : " The crowd stood ...
... ment are the establishment of His throne . Mercy and truth shall go before His face . Fellow citi- zens , God reigns , and the Government at Wash- ington still lives ! ” An eye - witness writes of the memorable scene : " The crowd stood ...
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The Life and Public Services of James A. Garfield ...: Together with Notable ... E. E. Brown Sin vista previa disponible - 2015 |
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American army assassination battle battle of Chickamauga better Bragg's brave brigades called catafalque CHAPTER character Chattanooga cheerful church citizens Cleveland Colonel command Congress Conkling convention CORYDON dead death duty Elberon exclaimed faith father feel field forces gave give Guiteau Gustave Schleicher hand heart Hinsdale Hiram College Hiram Institute honor hope hour hundred James knew Knights Templars labor land liberty Lincoln live Long Branch look memory ment Mentor morning mother mourning nation never night Oakes Ames Ohio passed peace political President Garfield President's rebel regiments Republic Republican party Rosecrans Secretary Senator slavery soldier soon sorrow Speech spirit stand sympathy thought thousand tion to-day took truth Union Union army voice vote Washington White House whole Williams College words young
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Página 142 - Who breaks his birth's invidious bar, And grasps the skirts of happy chance, And breasts the blows of circumstance, And grapples with his evil star ; Who makes by force his merit known And lives to clutch the golden keys, To mould a mighty state's decrees, And shape the whisper of the throne ; And moving up from high to higher, Becomes on Fortune's crowning slope The pillar of a people's hope, The centre of a world's desire...
Página 467 - In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me; As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, While God is marching on.
Página 275 - For, behold, the Lord, the Lord of Hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water...
Página 275 - The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, because the Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
Página 472 - Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither justice nor freedom can be permanently maintained.
Página 81 - ... agony because silently borne. With clear sight and calm courage he looked into his open grave. What blight and ruin met his anguished eyes! Whose lips may tell what brilliant, broken plans, what baffled, high ambitions, what sundering of strong, warm manhood's friendships, what bitter rending of sweet household tics! Behind him a proud, expectant Nation; a great host...
Página 68 - Duke. No might nor greatness in mortality Can censure 'scape ; back-wounding calumny The whitest virtue strikes : What king so strong Can tie the gall up in the slanderous tongue ! But who comes here ? Enter Escalus, Provost, Bawd, and Officers.
Página 429 - POVERTY is uncomfortable, as I can testify ; but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and compelled to sink or swim for himself. In all my acquaintance I never knew a Man to be drowned who was worth the saving.
Página 540 - With solemn touches troubled thoughts, and chase Anguish and doubt and fear and sorrow and pain From mortal or immortal minds.
Página 425 - THE world's history is a Divine Poem of which the history of every Nation is a canto and every Man a word. Its strains have been pealing along down the centuries, and though there have been mingled the discords of warring cannon and dying men, yet to the Christian, Philosopher and Historian — the humble listener — there has been a Divine melody running through the song which speaks of hope and halcyon days to come.