THE ILLUSTRIOUS LIFE OF WILLIAM McKINLEY1901 |
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... Commissioner and Police Commissioner for the City of New York , and at the breaking out of the Spanish War was Assist- ant Secretary of the Navy . He resigned at once and saw service with the Rough Riders in Cuba . He was elected ...
... Commissioner and Police Commissioner for the City of New York , and at the breaking out of the Spanish War was Assist- ant Secretary of the Navy . He resigned at once and saw service with the Rough Riders in Cuba . He was elected ...
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... Commissioner R. O'Keefe and Farmer Le Fevere engaged in a fierce battle yesterday , one with a pistol , the other with a stone cutter's hammer . O'Keefe was working fifteen miles east of here , when he told Le Fevere of the President's ...
... Commissioner R. O'Keefe and Farmer Le Fevere engaged in a fierce battle yesterday , one with a pistol , the other with a stone cutter's hammer . O'Keefe was working fifteen miles east of here , when he told Le Fevere of the President's ...
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... commissioners of the Dominion of Canada and the British colonies , the French colonies , the republics of Mexico and of Central and South America , and the commissioners of Cuba and Porto Rico , who share with us in this undertaking ...
... commissioners of the Dominion of Canada and the British colonies , the French colonies , the republics of Mexico and of Central and South America , and the commissioners of Cuba and Porto Rico , who share with us in this undertaking ...
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... Commissioners and viewed the Cana- dian exhibits . He next visited the Agricultural Building , where he was met by such foreign commissioners as have no buildings of their own , but have exhibits in that building . From the Agricultural ...
... Commissioners and viewed the Cana- dian exhibits . He next visited the Agricultural Building , where he was met by such foreign commissioners as have no buildings of their own , but have exhibits in that building . From the Agricultural ...
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... Commissioners of the District of Columbia . " Prior to the issuing of the foregoing announcement Secretary Hay had issued a formal statement substantially as follows : " The remains of the late President of the United States , after ...
... Commissioners of the District of Columbia . " Prior to the issuing of the foregoing announcement Secretary Hay had issued a formal statement substantially as follows : " The remains of the late President of the United States , after ...
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Page 126 - Up from the South at break of day, Bringing to Winchester fresh dismay, The affrighted air with a shudder bore, Like a herald in haste, to the chieftain's door, The terrible grumble and rumble and roar, Telling the battle was on once more, And Sheridan twenty miles away.
Page 232 - O GoD, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home.
Page 193 - Lord of the Universe ! shield us and guide us, Trusting Thee always, through shadow and sun ! Thou hast united us, who shall divide us? Keep us, oh keep us the MANY IN ONE! Up with our banner bright, Sprinkled with starry light, Spread its fair emblems from mountain to shore, While through the sounding sky Loud rings the Nation's cry, — UNION AND LIBERTY ! ONE EVERMORE ! SONGS OF WELCOME AND FAREWELL AMERICA TO RUSSIA AUGUST 5, 1866 Read by Hon.
Page 421 - There is a homely old adage which runs: "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far." If the American nation will speak softly, and yet build, and keep at a pitch of the highest training, a thoroughly efficient navy, the Monroe Doctrine will go far.
Page 276 - LEAD, Kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom, Lead Thou me on! The night is dark, and I am far from home! Lead Thou me on. Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see The distant scene — one step enough for me. I was not ever thus, nor prayed that Thou Shouldst lead me on. I loved to choose and see my path, but now Lead Thou me on!
Page 229 - Gentlemen, let us ever remember that our interest is in concord, not conflict, and that our real eminence rests in the victories of peace, not those of war. We hope that all who are represented here may be moved to higher and nobler effort for their own and the world's good, and that out of this city may come not only greater commerce and trade for us all, but, more essential than these, relations of mutual respect, confidence and friendship which will deepen and endure. "Our earnest prayer is that...
Page 420 - I shall take the oath at once in accordance with your request, and in this hour of deep and terrible national bereavement I wish to state that it shall be my aim to continue absolutely unbroken the policy of President McKinley for the peace and prosperity and honor of our beloved country.
Page 277 - O'er moor and fen, o'er crag and torrent, till The night is gone, And with the morn those angel-faces smile Which I have loved long since, and lost awhile.
Page 372 - And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life.
Page 228 - We must not repose in fancied security that we can forever sell everything and buy little or nothing. If such a thing were possible, it would not be best for us or for those with whom we deal. We should take from our customers such of their products as we can use without harm to our industries and labor.