The Life of William McKinleyP. W. Ziegler & Company, 1901 - 480 pages |
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Page 51
... looked like the great Napoleon , although he said more than once that he did not like to be reminded of the resemblance . He had the same grave , dignified mouth , the same high , broad and full forehead and the same heavy lower jaw ...
... looked like the great Napoleon , although he said more than once that he did not like to be reminded of the resemblance . He had the same grave , dignified mouth , the same high , broad and full forehead and the same heavy lower jaw ...
Page 108
... looked forward to his becoming a bishop . Probably he would have realized her ambition had not fate willed that he should become a lawyer . He received his first education at the public schools of Niles . When he was nine years old the ...
... looked forward to his becoming a bishop . Probably he would have realized her ambition had not fate willed that he should become a lawyer . He received his first education at the public schools of Niles . When he was nine years old the ...
Page 113
... looked as if the scene of Garfield's nomination in 1880 were to be repeated , and that the convention would be stampeded for McKinley . Instantly Mr. McKinley leaped to his feet . He made an impassioned appeal . He reminded the con ...
... looked as if the scene of Garfield's nomination in 1880 were to be repeated , and that the convention would be stampeded for McKinley . Instantly Mr. McKinley leaped to his feet . He made an impassioned appeal . He reminded the con ...
Page 115
... looked upon as the Repub- lican banner bearer in the next Presidential campaign . As the time drew nigh for the convention to meet , State after State and district after district declared for him . The Democratic party had been torn by ...
... looked upon as the Repub- lican banner bearer in the next Presidential campaign . As the time drew nigh for the convention to meet , State after State and district after district declared for him . The Democratic party had been torn by ...
Page 126
... a marked impression upon the House and the nation , and thenceforth its author was looked to in every tariff debate to be one of the chief upholders of protection . Au incident related by Judge Kelley , member of Congress from 126.
... a marked impression upon the House and the nation , and thenceforth its author was looked to in every tariff debate to be one of the chief upholders of protection . Au incident related by Judge Kelley , member of Congress from 126.
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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...
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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.