OF GENERAL U.S. GRANT, HIS EARLY LIFE, MILITARY ACHIEVEMENTS, AND HISTORY DEATH, TOGETHER WITH HIS TOUR AROUND THE WORLD, CONTAINING HIS SPEECHES, RECEPTIONS, AND DESCRIPTION OF HIS TRAVELS. EDITED BY L. T. REMLAP. Author of "Gospel Awakening," "General Grant's Tour Around the World," "THE GOOD OPINION OF MY COUNTRYMEN IS DEARER TO ME THAN THE PRAISE General Grant at the Press Reception, San Francisco, Nedwick 2.50 7-13-27 PREFACE. In the preparation of this volume the editor has endeavored to present, in a concise and readable form, a faithful and accurate biography of the great chieftain whose military genius restored domestic peace and civil law throughout our land; who, in his public and political career, while twice occupying the most exalted position of President of the United States, administered the government with moderation, generosity, wisdom and success, and solved with rare patriotism and intelligence the many complicated and difficult questions that confronted him. Triumphs, which conspired to make ULYSSES S. GRANT honored and revered by all Americans and the civilized nations of the world. In these few pages will be found a delightful picture of grandeur and simplicity of character,—a man thoughtful, reserved and taciturn, of unprecedented magnanimity, undoubted patriotism, cool judgment, clear-sighted sagacity, singleness of purpose, subordination of all egotistical and selfish considerations to duty and the public good, impervious to flattery, modest in his bearing, never boasting of his deeds or selfishly obtruding himself before the public, a man of tireless energy, of great breadth of comprehension, of the highest order of administrative genius. Such a character, when carefully studied, will teach the mass of mankind that high qualities and great abilities are consistent with the simplicity of taste, contempt for parade, and plain iii |