The Life of William McKinleyP. W. Ziegler & Company, 1901 - 480 pages |
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... wounded by a desperate assassin . Horror , commotion and indignation on every side . Such is the short and appalling story of that fatal Friday afternoon , the sixth of September , 1901. Our honored President , who held so strong a ...
... wounded by a desperate assassin . Horror , commotion and indignation on every side . Such is the short and appalling story of that fatal Friday afternoon , the sixth of September , 1901. Our honored President , who held so strong a ...
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... wounded at the battle , was home and recommended the promotion . This was September 24 , 1862 . February 7 , 1863 , he was promoted to first lieutenant , and on July 25 , 1864 , captain . This latter promotion was supplemented by his ...
... wounded at the battle , was home and recommended the promotion . This was September 24 , 1862 . February 7 , 1863 , he was promoted to first lieutenant , and on July 25 , 1864 , captain . This latter promotion was supplemented by his ...
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... wounded sailors of the " Maine " were unable to explain it . The explosion shook the whole city of Havana , and the windows were broken in many of the houses . The wounded sailors stated that the explosion took place while they were ...
... wounded sailors of the " Maine " were unable to explain it . The explosion shook the whole city of Havana , and the windows were broken in many of the houses . The wounded sailors stated that the explosion took place while they were ...
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... wounded . The capture of the Spanish fleet at Santiago , on July 3 , and the vic- tories of the American army in Cuba , resulting in the surrender of all the Spanish troops in the province of Santiago , prepared the way for Mr McKinley ...
... wounded . The capture of the Spanish fleet at Santiago , on July 3 , and the vic- tories of the American army in Cuba , resulting in the surrender of all the Spanish troops in the province of Santiago , prepared the way for Mr McKinley ...
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... wounded than on any other day of the war , was the seventeenth of September , 1862 , in the battle of Antietam . That battle began at daylight . Without breakfast , without coffee , the men went into the fight and continued until after ...
... wounded than on any other day of the war , was the seventeenth of September , 1862 , in the battle of Antietam . That battle began at daylight . Without breakfast , without coffee , the men went into the fight and continued until after ...
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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.