The Life of William McKinleyP. W. Ziegler & Company, 1901 - 480 pages |
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... and far - seeing statesmanship - not merely as a great political leader and advocate of our national industries , welfare and great prosperity , but as a man of noble virtues and exalted character , President McKinley stood upon the. iil.
... and far - seeing statesmanship - not merely as a great political leader and advocate of our national industries , welfare and great prosperity , but as a man of noble virtues and exalted character , President McKinley stood upon the. iil.
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John W. Tyler. virtues and exalted character , President McKinley stood upon the highest pedestal . He fell from the very pinnacle of human fame . From his boyhood to his entrance into the army , from his noble stand for his country to ...
John W. Tyler. virtues and exalted character , President McKinley stood upon the highest pedestal . He fell from the very pinnacle of human fame . From his boyhood to his entrance into the army , from his noble stand for his country to ...
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... that gentleness of nature was his leading characteristic . Probably no better idea of just what the character of man our late President was can be found than in what was said of him by my brother , the late John Russell Young ,
... that gentleness of nature was his leading characteristic . Probably no better idea of just what the character of man our late President was can be found than in what was said of him by my brother , the late John Russell Young ,
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... character of Mr. McKinley shall have been submitted to the political autopsy inseparable from the political canvass , an examination imposed something like a masonic ritual , upon every candidate for the exalted posi tion of President ...
... character of Mr. McKinley shall have been submitted to the political autopsy inseparable from the political canvass , an examination imposed something like a masonic ritual , upon every candidate for the exalted posi tion of President ...
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... Tributes to Mr. McKinley - Eloquent Eulogies from Celebrities - Grief and Indignation - The Presi lent's Virtues and Character Extolled .. • 391 CHAPTER XXI . PAGE Additional Tributes to President McKinley - CONTENTS.
... Tributes to Mr. McKinley - Eloquent Eulogies from Celebrities - Grief and Indignation - The Presi lent's Virtues and Character Extolled .. • 391 CHAPTER XXI . PAGE Additional Tributes to President McKinley - CONTENTS.
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Page 303 - O GoD, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home.
Page 296 - E'en though it be a cross That raiseth me ; Still all my song shall be, — Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee ! 2 Though, like the wanderer, The sun gone down, Darkness be over me, My rest a stone ; Yet in my dreams I'd be Nearer, my God, to Thee, — Nearer to Thee...
Page 374 - 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.
Page 150 - Union and to recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient...
Page 408 - How humble, yet how hopeful, he could be ; How, in good fortune and in ill, the same ; Nor bitter in success, nor boastful he, Thirsty for gold, nor feverish for fame.
Page 102 - The Old World and the New, from sea to sea, Utter one voice of sympathy and shame : Sore heart, so stopped when it at last beat high ! Sad life, cut short just as its triumph came...
Page 416 - He, the more fortunate ! yea, he hath finished ! For him there is no longer any future, His life is bright — bright without spot it was And cannot cease to be. No ominous hour Knocks at his door with tidings of mishap. Far off is he, above desire and fear ; No more submitted to the change and chance Of the unsteady planets.
Page 296 - Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee! E'en though it be a cross That raiseth me; Still all my song shall be. Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee!
Page 408 - Yes: he had lived to shame me from my sneer, To lame my pencil, and confute my pen; To make me own this hind of princes peer, This rail-splitter a true-born king of men.
Page 171 - Alliance, or a better system ; also by payments in discharge of its obligations for public improvements. 1. We demand free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1.