Beacon Lights of History: New hall of fame. Premier personalitiesWm. H. Wise, 1924 |
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... attacks on privilege and demands for the amelioration of the lot of the lower classes . He was against the Boer war ... attack on all that was pleasant and happy and confortable in England and how pleasant and happy and com- fortable ...
... attacks on privilege and demands for the amelioration of the lot of the lower classes . He was against the Boer war ... attack on all that was pleasant and happy and confortable in England and how pleasant and happy and com- fortable ...
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... attack on a corrupt judge whom the leaders of his own party were seeking to shelter ; but the real confidence of the public he won by solid and persistent work against odds for honest government and progressive legislation . A personal ...
... attack on a corrupt judge whom the leaders of his own party were seeking to shelter ; but the real confidence of the public he won by solid and persistent work against odds for honest government and progressive legislation . A personal ...
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... attacked him savagely ; even his col- leagues on the Police Board thwarted him where they could . " It is a grimy struggle , but a vital one , he wrote at the time in a letter to one of his sisters . " The battle for decent government ...
... attacked him savagely ; even his col- leagues on the Police Board thwarted him where they could . " It is a grimy struggle , but a vital one , he wrote at the time in a letter to one of his sisters . " The battle for decent government ...
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... attack . The French lost the war of 1870 by working on defense principles , while the Prussians attacked . This is not the place to enter into a detailed descrip- tion of the manner in which the General works out the application of ...
... attack . The French lost the war of 1870 by working on defense principles , while the Prussians attacked . This is not the place to enter into a detailed descrip- tion of the manner in which the General works out the application of ...
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... attack is the best form . of defense , and the impetuous character of the French makes their attack formid- able . " Besides , it is only by attacking that an enemy can be really beaten . But with the coming of the breech - loading ...
... attack is the best form . of defense , and the impetuous character of the French makes their attack formid- able . " Besides , it is only by attacking that an enemy can be really beaten . But with the coming of the breech - loading ...
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