Our Presidents: Brief Biographies of Our Chief MagistratesMacmillan, 1926 - 348 pages |
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... government . For all the nations still were beneath the rule of princes . Although there are many more republics to- day than there are independent monarchies , many more presidents than sovereign princes , there still is no other ...
... government . For all the nations still were beneath the rule of princes . Although there are many more republics to- day than there are independent monarchies , many more presidents than sovereign princes , there still is no other ...
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... * " My Lord , " Secretary Seward said to Lord Lyons , as that envoy reported to the British government from Washington in the Civil War- " My Lord , I can touch a bell and order the imprisonment of a citizen INTRODUCTION vĂ¼.
... * " My Lord , " Secretary Seward said to Lord Lyons , as that envoy reported to the British government from Washington in the Civil War- " My Lord , I can touch a bell and order the imprisonment of a citizen INTRODUCTION vĂ¼.
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... had confronted him in the Revolution . With- out a working model before him , the whole machinery of a novel government must be created under his supervision almost in a day , and he had no GEORGE WASHINGTON 9 First in Peace.
... had confronted him in the Revolution . With- out a working model before him , the whole machinery of a novel government must be created under his supervision almost in a day , and he had no GEORGE WASHINGTON 9 First in Peace.
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... government the world ever saw , this mother of the republic stayed home to rock the cradle , cook and patch for four little Adamses and to tend the farm . Milking and churning , knitting and darning , teaching and praying , toiling and ...
... government the world ever saw , this mother of the republic stayed home to rock the cradle , cook and patch for four little Adamses and to tend the farm . Milking and churning , knitting and darning , teaching and praying , toiling and ...
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... government and in a common hostility to the old ruling caste in the Middle States and New England . The new parties . called themselves Federalists and Republicans , but they denounced each other as Monocrats and Demo- crats , although ...
... government and in a common hostility to the old ruling caste in the Middle States and New England . The new parties . called themselves Federalists and Republicans , but they denounced each other as Monocrats and Demo- crats , although ...
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