The Cyclopædia of American Biography, Svazek 8James Grant Wilson, John Fiske, Charles Dick, James Edward Homans, John William Fay, Herbert M. Linen Press association compilers, Incorporated, 1900 |
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... organized the " sound money his subsequent career , At the age of ten he parade in New York City , and on this occasion is found attending the district school and , dur- marched at the head of a column of 135,000 ing the summer holidays ...
... organized the " sound money his subsequent career , At the age of ten he parade in New York City , and on this occasion is found attending the district school and , dur- marched at the head of a column of 135,000 ing the summer holidays ...
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... organized the firm of Dabney , States , incident to this country's entry into Morgan and Company . In 1871 he entered a the European War . The dinner in honor of business relationship with the Drexels of Phil- the Commission , a private ...
... organized the firm of Dabney , States , incident to this country's entry into Morgan and Company . In 1871 he entered a the European War . The dinner in honor of business relationship with the Drexels of Phil- the Commission , a private ...
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... organized Isaac Depew's intention that , as soon as his in any of the departments of Harvard Uni- son had completed the course in this institu- versity ; in later years archeological explora- tion , he should join him in his business ...
... organized Isaac Depew's intention that , as soon as his in any of the departments of Harvard Uni- son had completed the course in this institu- versity ; in later years archeological explora- tion , he should join him in his business ...
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... ( organized cil , and Mr. Arnold was appointed a mem - in 1895 ) has made appraisals of the prop- ber . This commission spent a part of the erties of the Chicago Telephone Company summer of 1914 in studying the railway ( 1912 ) ; Lincoln ...
... ( organized cil , and Mr. Arnold was appointed a mem - in 1895 ) has made appraisals of the prop- ber . This commission spent a part of the erties of the Chicago Telephone Company summer of 1914 in studying the railway ( 1912 ) ; Lincoln ...
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... organized for the purpose of acting as trustee for the expenditure of the $ 1,500,000 given by Andrew Carnegie for the erection of the Engineering Societies Building and the Engineers ' Club , in New York City . In 1904 he was chairman ...
... organized for the purpose of acting as trustee for the expenditure of the $ 1,500,000 given by Andrew Carnegie for the erection of the Engineering Societies Building and the Engineers ' Club , in New York City . In 1904 he was chairman ...
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Strana 160 - War has commenced between the United States and Spain. Proceed at once to Philippine Islands. Commence operations at once, particularly against the Spanish fleet. You must capture vessels or destroy. Use utmost endeavors.
Strana 36 - But Congress may, by law, grant to the principal officer in each of the Executive Departments a seat upon the floor of either House, with the privilege of discussing any measures appertaining to his department.
Strana 324 - I do occupy a good position there, and I think that I can get along with the way things are done there now. But these college-trained men, who have devoted their whole lives to study, are coming West, don't you see ? And they study their cases as we never do. They have got as far as Cincinnati now. They will soon be in Illinois.
Strana 13 - City had given to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the American Museum of Natural History.
Strana 60 - The will made bequests of $250,000 each to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the American Museum of Natural History, the New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor, and the New York University.
Strana 333 - Mid deepening stillness, watched one eager brain, With God-like will, decree the Death of Pain. How did we thank him 1 Ah ! no joy-bells rang, No preans greeted, and no poet sang, No cannon thundered, from the guarded strand This mighty victory to a grateful land ! We took the gift, so humbly, simply given, And coldly selfish — left our debt to Heaven.
Strana 171 - Wake Robin. 1871. Winter Sunshine. 1875. Birds and Poets. 1877. Locusts and Wild Honey. 1879. Pepacton. 1881. Fresh Fields.
Strana 173 - As much as one merely human being can help another I believe that he has helped me ; he has not influenced me in aesthetics only, but in ethics, too, so that I can never again see life in the way I saw it before I knew him.
Strana 50 - ... class of men that can be induced to take the place of other men who have stopped work. Neither the best men as men, nor the best men as workers, are thus to be obtained. There is an unwritten law among the best workmen: "Thou shalt not take thy neighbor's job.
Strana 292 - The Republic of Panama grants to the United States in perpetuity the use, occupation and control of a zone of land and land under water...