Stormy Petrel: The Life and Times of General Benjamin F. Butler, 1818-1893Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1969 - 335 pages |
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... knew him personally , also liked him both for the clear pro - labor record he established and because he had a singular capacity for expressing their convictions in words they could easily understand . In an age of bombast and loquacity ...
... knew him personally , also liked him both for the clear pro - labor record he established and because he had a singular capacity for expressing their convictions in words they could easily understand . In an age of bombast and loquacity ...
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... knew they would . " 2 1 Benson J. Lossing , The Civil War in America ( George W. Childs [ Philadelphia , 1866 ] ) , I , 438 . 2 Theodore Winthrop , " Washington as a Camp , " The Atlantic Monthly , July 1861 , VIII , 118 . Both of the ...
... knew they would . " 2 1 Benson J. Lossing , The Civil War in America ( George W. Childs [ Philadelphia , 1866 ] ) , I , 438 . 2 Theodore Winthrop , " Washington as a Camp , " The Atlantic Monthly , July 1861 , VIII , 118 . Both of the ...
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... knew what it was to have men grateful enough to you ,. of their own free will and friend- liness [ to ] do everything they can do for you . I would advise you to try to act kindly towards somebody once , and get some- body to feel in ...
... knew what it was to have men grateful enough to you ,. of their own free will and friend- liness [ to ] do everything they can do for you . I would advise you to try to act kindly towards somebody once , and get some- body to feel in ...
Contents
Meet General Butler | 13 |
As the Twig is Bent | 20 |
A Practical Politician | 37 |
Copyright | |
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