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Solomon ' s brother Abraham was an earnest devotee of American
independence , and lived at Lincoln , Massachusetts , when the Revolutionary
war began . He was one of the first volunteers who enlisted in defense of the
Colonies , and was ...
Solomon ' s brother Abraham was an earnest devotee of American
independence , and lived at Lincoln , Massachusetts , when the Revolutionary
war began . He was one of the first volunteers who enlisted in defense of the
Colonies , and was ...
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Their deposition , showing how the attack on Concord Bridge began , was as
follows :LEXINGTON , April 23 , 1775 . WE , John Hoar , John Whithead ,
Abraham Garfield , Benjamin Munroe , Isaac Parker , William Hos . mer , John
Adams ...
Their deposition , showing how the attack on Concord Bridge began , was as
follows :LEXINGTON , April 23 , 1775 . WE , John Hoar , John Whithead ,
Abraham Garfield , Benjamin Munroe , Isaac Parker , William Hos . mer , John
Adams ...
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When the two families were safely packed away in the little cabin with one room
and one fire - place , the brothers began the construction of Abram ' s house .
They selected a spot about forty rods from the other cabin , and on an elevated ...
When the two families were safely packed away in the little cabin with one room
and one fire - place , the brothers began the construction of Abram ' s house .
They selected a spot about forty rods from the other cabin , and on an elevated ...
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The boy was often as black with soot as the followers of the kindred trade of
charcoal burning , and his clothing was heavy with ashes and smoke . In this , as
in every other undertaking , he was determined to excel , and began early in the ...
The boy was often as black with soot as the followers of the kindred trade of
charcoal burning , and his clothing was heavy with ashes and smoke . In this , as
in every other undertaking , he was determined to excel , and began early in the ...
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excel , and began early in the morning and worked late at night . Another portion
of that period he spent in chopping wood , being paid by the cord . In this he did a
mature man ' s work , and received , for the first time , a man ' s wages . He also ...
excel , and began early in the morning and worked late at night . Another portion
of that period he spent in chopping wood , being paid by the cord . In this he did a
mature man ' s work , and received , for the first time , a man ' s wages . He also ...
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Página 214 - We, the people of the United States, do ordain and establish this Constitution.
Página 226 - I have often inquired of myself what great principle or idea it was that kept this Confederacy so long together. It was not the mere matter of the separation of the colonies from the motherland, but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which gave liberty not alone to the people of this country, but hope to all the world, for all future time.
Página 218 - 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 228 - Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause; and I shall do more whenever I believe doing more will help the cause.
Página 226 - I have never had a feeling, politically, that did not spring from the sentiments embodied in the Declaration of Independence.
Página 219 - 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 329 - ... upon the party in power. Without such restraint party rule becomes tyrannical and corrupt. The prosperity which is made possible in the South, by its great advantages of soil and climate, will never be realized until every voter can freely and safely support any party he pleases. Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither justice nor freedom can be permanently maintained.
Página 228 - What I do about Slavery and the Colored Race, I do because I believe it helps to save...
Página 326 - Republican firesides, where the thoughtful fathers, with wives and children about them, with the calm thoughts inspired by love of home and...
Página 227 - If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time save slavery, I do not agree with them. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery.
Información bibliográfica
| Título | The Life, Speeches and Public Services of Gen. James A. Garfield of Ohio |
| Autor | Russell H. Conwell |
| Colaborador | Mark Hopkins |
| Editor | B. B. Russell & Company, 1880 |
| Procedencia del original | Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York |
| Digitalizado | 23 Jul. 2007 |
| Largo | 356 páginas |
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