The lawyer, the statesman and the soldier

George S. (George Sewall) Boutwell

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GIFT OF EVGENE MEYER-^R. THE LAWYER STATESMAN ANDTHE SOLDIERTHE BY GEORGE S. BOUTWELL We value a man the measure of hisby at the where he isstrength place strongest. NEW YORK D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1887 COPVRIGHT, 1887, BY S. BOUTWELL.GEORGE INTRODUCTION. THE of these sketches is due topreparation that it is fortune to havethe circumstance my tohad the of the whomacquaintance persons the sketches relate. These show thepages may marks rather than theof skill of thefriendship or the research of the historian. Ibiographer have written in obedience to the rule or maxim that we value a man the measure of hisby at the where he isstrength place strongest. Human errors and from which noneweaknesses, of us are can not be set offexempt, properly or actsagainst great thoughts expressed great Errors and weaknesses mar the man,performed. but can not the achieved.they qualify greatness 297746 CONTENTS. PAGE RUFUS THE LAWYERCHOATE, . . i DANIEL WEBSTER, THE STATESMAN . . .44 - PRESIDENT THELINCOLN, STATESMAN AND LIBERATOR 90 GENERAL THE SOLDIER ANDGRANT, STATESMAN . 150 THE THELAWYER, STATESMAN, AND THE SOLDIER. RUFUS CHOATE.

Sujets

• Choate
• Webster
• Lincoln
• Grant

Informations

• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 9
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 10 Mo

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GIFT OF
EVGENE MEYER-^R.THE LAWYER
STATESMAN ANDTHE
SOLDIERTHE
BY
GEORGE S. BOUTWELL
We value a man the measure of hisby
at the where he isstrength place strongest.
NEW YORK
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
1887COPVRIGHT, 1887,
BY S. BOUTWELL.GEORGEINTRODUCTION.
THE of these sketches is due topreparation
that it is fortune to havethe circumstance my
tohad the of the whomacquaintance persons
the sketches relate. These show thepages may
marks rather than theof skill of thefriendship
or the research of the historian. Ibiographer
have written in obedience to the rule or maxim
that we value a man the measure of hisby
at the where he isstrength place strongest.
Human errors and from which noneweaknesses,
of us are can not be set offexempt, properly
or actsagainst great thoughts expressed great
Errors and weaknesses mar the man,performed.
but can not the achieved.they qualify greatness
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