Lincoln, Lee, Grant, and other biographical addresses

Emory Speer

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)\ r J Cl3 fj^e\L ^ GRANTLINCOLN, LEE, !SD m THE NEW TORIC LIBRARYPUBLIC LENOXASTOK, TIXJ3BN FOUNDATIONS FRONTISPIECE ^tfi^ GrantLee,Lincoln, AND AddressesOther Biographical BY SPEEREMORYJUDGE New York and Washington THE NEALE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1909 YORKHEWTHE LIBRARY[public :^ ?.b4i.89*: ANDLENOA8TOR. Ift'NB- IMSR Copyright, 1909, by The Neale Publishing Company TO MY MOTHER still beautiful and first saw theWhose soft,eyes, friends of were Inwhenlight Olgethorpe vigorous Ersklne but three Hamilton stilllife; years gone; comrades of Yorktown anddeplored manyby Marshall with to live;Valley Forge; eight years Lincoln and Lee were and Brown andlads; little this book is Inscribed.Grant, boys lovingly CONTENTS PAGE 1Introduction 1 Abraham Lincoln 19 Edward LeeRobert 45 S. GrantUlysses 85 Edward OglethorpeJames 109 Alexander Hamilton 151 Marshall 179John Erskine 209 Emerson BrownJoseph 227 ILLUSTRATIONS FACING PAGE Abraham Lincoln ig Robert Edward Lee 45 Ulysses S. Grant 45 Edward OglethorpeJames 109 Alexander Hamilton 151 MarshallJohn 179 Erskine 209 Emerson BrownJoseph 227 INTRODUCTION. RAY D.D.BY CHARLES PALMER, Sir wrote some ago,James Stephen sixty years constitutes the*'A chain of splendid biographies of centuries." inevitably,Weil-nighhistory past theas we turn our our search is forbackward,eyes inwhom their time had its fullest embodiment.men is that a is best studied in itsOur feeling period made it or were thewhether we thinkleaders, they weof it.

Sujets

• Lincoln
• Oglethorpe
• Grant
• United States
• Brown
• Erskine
• Lée
• Marshall
• Hamilton

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• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 8
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 10 Mo

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