Life of Andrew Hull Foote: Rear-admiral United States NavyHarper & Brothers, 1874 - 411 páginas |
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... character raises the spirit of its times to a higher moral level of manhood . Though encountering great disappointments and trials , and not permitted to realize what would appear to be his just an- ticipations , the career of Admiral ...
... character raises the spirit of its times to a higher moral level of manhood . Though encountering great disappointments and trials , and not permitted to realize what would appear to be his just an- ticipations , the career of Admiral ...
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... character . I acknowledge with gratitude the good offices of the Hon . Gideon Welles , for valuable letters placed at my disposal ; and also the kindness of the venerable Rear - Admiral Joseph Smith , in the aid rendered by him in ...
... character . I acknowledge with gratitude the good offices of the Hon . Gideon Welles , for valuable letters placed at my disposal ; and also the kindness of the venerable Rear - Admiral Joseph Smith , in the aid rendered by him in ...
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... character . He was a man of positive opinions , often standing quite alone , as on the Mis- souri Compromise question ; but he was known to friend and foe as a politician of inflexible honesty , and one who despised intrigue . He led ...
... character . He was a man of positive opinions , often standing quite alone , as on the Mis- souri Compromise question ; but he was known to friend and foe as a politician of inflexible honesty , and one who despised intrigue . He led ...
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... character . Samuel A. Foote was born November 8 , 1780. Though of a delicate constitution in childhood and youth , he prepared for and graduated at Yale College before he was seventeen years of age . He subsequently pursued the study of ...
... character . Samuel A. Foote was born November 8 , 1780. Though of a delicate constitution in childhood and youth , he prepared for and graduated at Yale College before he was seventeen years of age . He subsequently pursued the study of ...
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... character , was laid at the bottom . Though it was not in Andrew's case the immediate cause of a religious life , who can tell what a profound influence this home piety , leading the mind con- stantly to view the practical earnestness ...
... character , was laid at the bottom . Though it was not in Andrew's case the immediate cause of a religious life , who can tell what a profound influence this home piety , leading the mind con- stantly to view the practical earnestness ...
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