For the fourth time the officer elected by the people and ordained by the Constitution to fill a vacancy so created is called to assume the executive chair. The wisdom of our fathers, foreseeing even the most dire possibilities, made sure that the Government... Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography - Page 88edited by - 1888Full view - About this book
| Henry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock - New Hampshire - 1883 - 446 pages
...fortitude, the example and achievements of his life and the pathos of his death, will forever illumine the pages of our history. For the fourth time the officer...possibilities, made sure that the Government should never be imperiled because of the uncertainty of human life. Men may die, but the fabrics of our free institutions... | |
| Jonas Mills Bundy - Presidents - 1881 - 302 pages
...fortitude, the example and achievements of his life and the pathos of his death will forever illumine the pages of our history. For the fourth time the officer...possibilities, made sure that the Government should never be imperiled because of the uncertainty of human life. Men may die, but the fabric of our free institutions... | |
| Erastus Otis Haven - United States - 1882 - 582 pages
...fortitude, the example and achievements of his life, and the pathos of kis death will forever illumine the pages of our history. For the fourth time the officer...possibilities, made sure that the government should never be imperiled because of the uncertainty of human life. Men may die, but the fabrics of our free institutions... | |
| Henry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock - Local history - 1883 - 454 pages
...fortitude, the example and achievements of his life and the pathos of his death, will forever illumine the pages of our history. For the fourth time the officer...possibilities, made sure that the Government should never be imperiled because of the uncertainty of human life. Men may die, but the fabrics of our free institutions... | |
| New England - 1884 - 490 pages
...fortitude, the example and achievements of his life and the pathos of his death, will forever illumine the pages of our history. For the fourth time the officer...possibilities, made sure that the Government should never be imperiled because of the uncertainty of human life. Men may die, but the fabrics of our free institutions... | |
| James Harrison Kennedy - Presidents - 1888 - 694 pages
...fortitude, the example and achievements of his life and the pathos of his death will forever illumine the pages of our history. " For the fourth time the officer...possibilities, made sure that the government should never .be imperiled because of the uncertainty of human life. Men may die, but the fabric of our free institutions... | |
| James Grant Wilson, John Fiske - America - 1888 - 838 pages
...fortitude, the example and achievements of his life, and the pathos of his death, will forever illumine the pages of our history. For the fourth time the officer elected by the people and ordained by t he constitution to fill a vacancy so created is called to assume the executive chair. The wisdom... | |
| United States. President, James Daniel Richardson - United States - 1897 - 890 pages
...fortitude, the example and achievements of his life, and the pathos of his death will forever illumine the pages of our history. For the fourth time the officer...possibilities, made sure that the Government should never be imperiled because of the uncertainty of human life. Men may die, but the fabrics of our free institutions... | |
| United States. President - Presidents - 1897 - 514 pages
...fortitude, the example and achievements of his life, and the pathos of his death will forever illumine the pages of our history. For the fourth time the officer...possibilities, made sure that the Government should never be imperiled because of the uncertainty of human life. Men may die, but the fabrics of our free institutions... | |
| James Daniel Richardson, United States. President - Presidents - 1897 - 874 pages
...fortitude, the example and achievements of his life, and the pathos of his death will forever illumine the pages of our history. For the fourth time the officer...possibilities, made sure that the Government should never be imperiled because of the uncertainty of human life. Men may die, but the fabrics of our free institutions... | |
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