Great Americans and their noble deeds; containing the lives of almost fifty of our nation's heroes and heroines .. . E APPEARED ATTHE CLOSE OF THE WAR. 64 GENERAL GRANT. ^ of the youug meu. Suddenly the house suspended, and it was discoveredthat through the infamy of one of the partners the General had beenrobbed of all he possessed. Up to this time he had refused to write any His-tory of his life, but finding himself bankrupt he began to write the story ofhis life, trying thereby to make provision for the wants of bis family. In thesummer of1884 liecomplain-ed of a sore-ness in bistbroat, and
Great Americans and their noble deeds; containing the lives of almost fifty of our nation's heroes and heroines .. . E APPEARED ATTHE CLOSE OF THE WAR. 64 GENERAL GRANT. ^ of the youug meu. Suddenly the house suspended, and it was discoveredthat through the infamy of one of the partners the General had beenrobbed of all he possessed. Up to this time he had refused to write any His-tory of his life, but finding himself bankrupt he began to write the story ofhis life, trying thereby to make provision for the wants of bis family. In thesummer of1884 liecomplain-ed of a sore-ness in bistbroat, andfinally itwas decidedthat be hada cancer atthe root ofbis S5m-patbies ofthe nationwere nowexcited andCongresspassed abill creat-ing bim aGeneral ontbe retiredlist, tbusrestoringbim to hisrank in tbe ...,,, . , armv, tbe position be bad resigned to accept tbe Presidencv of tbe United States It ma3 be doubted if, since tbe world began, any otber book has beenwritten under similar circumstances; the dying soldier, suflfering con-stant, and, at times, the greatest agony, yet working away as if in perfect. GENERAL GRANT MEETING THE EMPEROR OF JAPAN.
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