Taken Alive: And Other Stories : with an AutobiographyDodd, Mead,, 1889 - 375 pages |
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... course of study . How many men are living to - day who owe much of the best in their lives to that divinely - inspired -guide and teacher of youth ! I next went to another man great in his sphere of life , — Dr. Agnew , the oculist . He ...
... course of study . How many men are living to - day who owe much of the best in their lives to that divinely - inspired -guide and teacher of youth ! I next went to another man great in his sphere of life , — Dr. Agnew , the oculist . He ...
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... course of study without difficulty . In the summer of 1862 I could no longer resist the call for men in the army . Learning that the Second New York ( Harris's Light ) Cavalry was without a chap- lain , I obtained the appointment to ...
... course of study without difficulty . In the summer of 1862 I could no longer resist the call for men in the army . Learning that the Second New York ( Harris's Light ) Cavalry was without a chap- lain , I obtained the appointment to ...
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... course the great majority of those who followed the story were silent . A writer cannot , like a speaker , look into the eyes of his audience and observe its mental attitude towards his thought . If my memory serves me , Mr. R. R. ...
... course the great majority of those who followed the story were silent . A writer cannot , like a speaker , look into the eyes of his audience and observe its mental attitude towards his thought . If my memory serves me , Mr. R. R. ...
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... course of preparation . In brief , my aim is to have the book grow out of actual experience , and not merely my own , either . As far as possible , well - known experts and authorities are consulted on every point . As a natu- ral ...
... course of preparation . In brief , my aim is to have the book grow out of actual experience , and not merely my own , either . As far as possible , well - known experts and authorities are consulted on every point . As a natu- ral ...
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... course , the right to think for himself . In appealing to the intelligent American public , choosing for itself among the multitude of books now offered , it is my creed that an author should maintain completely and thoroughly his own ...
... course , the right to think for himself . In appealing to the intelligent American public , choosing for itself among the multitude of books now offered , it is my creed that an author should maintain completely and thoroughly his own ...
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