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SOLOMON GARFIELD , the eldest son of Thomas , Jr . , married Sarah Stimson ,
of Sudbury , May 20 , 1766 , and soon after his marriage they moved to Worcester
, Otsego County , N . Y . , where he purchased a farm . He was accidentally ...
SOLOMON GARFIELD , the eldest son of Thomas , Jr . , married Sarah Stimson ,
of Sudbury , May 20 , 1766 , and soon after his marriage they moved to Worcester
, Otsego County , N . Y . , where he purchased a farm . He was accidentally ...
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They had no thought of pride then , and but little of convenience ; but , influenced
by the overmastering desire to get a home of their own as soon as possible , they
constructed a building which was said afterwards to be too small for a ...
They had no thought of pride then , and but little of convenience ; but , influenced
by the overmastering desire to get a home of their own as soon as possible , they
constructed a building which was said afterwards to be too small for a ...
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Soon a log school - house was constructed , across the ravine at the back of
Abram ' s house , and at one corner of his clearing . This furnished a means of
education for their children , and Abram and Eliza were happy CHAPTER III .
BIRTH ...
Soon a log school - house was constructed , across the ravine at the back of
Abram ' s house , and at one corner of his clearing . This furnished a means of
education for their children , and Abram and Eliza were happy CHAPTER III .
BIRTH ...
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The funeral which soon followed was unostenta - . tious and simple , but called
out a large attendance of friends and neighbors . Little Jimmy was the recipient of
many a sad caress on that occasion , and tears freely flowed at the sight of his ...
The funeral which soon followed was unostenta - . tious and simple , but called
out a large attendance of friends and neighbors . Little Jimmy was the recipient of
many a sad caress on that occasion , and tears freely flowed at the sight of his ...
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Every tree soon had its name by which it was known , not only to him , but to all
his playmates in the neighborhood . Each tree was named after some noted
Indian warrior , or after some old saint ; or , as was occasionally the case , for the
lack ...
Every tree soon had its name by which it was known , not only to him , but to all
his playmates in the neighborhood . Each tree was named after some noted
Indian warrior , or after some old saint ; or , as was occasionally the case , for the
lack ...
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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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