Beacon Lights of History: New hall of fame. Premier personalitiesWm. H. Wise, 1924 |
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... months of haggling over the formula in which the public invitation would go forth in a manner not to weaken before hand the position of either side . The formula was arrived at through the busy brain and equally busy legs of Sir Alfred ...
... months of haggling over the formula in which the public invitation would go forth in a manner not to weaken before hand the position of either side . The formula was arrived at through the busy brain and equally busy legs of Sir Alfred ...
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... months until M. Poincaré could devise a scheme of his own that would save the previous very hard face he had made at the first Hughes proposal , the second real effort to settle the war was under way . Mr. Lloyd George was welcomed home ...
... months until M. Poincaré could devise a scheme of his own that would save the previous very hard face he had made at the first Hughes proposal , the second real effort to settle the war was under way . Mr. Lloyd George was welcomed home ...
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... month with Mr. Lloyd George in his special train have any doubts of the vitality of his personality . A month in a special train will destroy hero worship if any exists . Personally I believe Mr. Lloyd George to possess more quality of ...
... month with Mr. Lloyd George in his special train have any doubts of the vitality of his personality . A month in a special train will destroy hero worship if any exists . Personally I believe Mr. Lloyd George to possess more quality of ...
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... month furnish American proof of an energy familiar enough to those who know him at home . He is a tremendous worker , but not of the spade- working type . When he was Prime Minister he was called shortly after 7 in the morning and all ...
... month furnish American proof of an energy familiar enough to those who know him at home . He is a tremendous worker , but not of the spade- working type . When he was Prime Minister he was called shortly after 7 in the morning and all ...
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... months from calling the Irish a murder gang " to backing almost to the last man his efforts to shake hands with De Valera . He is emotion , Celtic emotion , but bitted , bridled and saddled with cold , Anglo - Saxon precision . Kip ...
... months from calling the Irish a murder gang " to backing almost to the last man his efforts to shake hands with De Valera . He is emotion , Celtic emotion , but bitted , bridled and saddled with cold , Anglo - Saxon precision . Kip ...
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