Word: wars
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...LECTURE. "The Political Economy of War." Mr. Francis W. Hirst, Editor of The Economist, London. Emerson...
Professor Bartlett entered Bowdoin College; but before the completion of his course the Civil War broke out and he enlisted in the Union Army, where he distinguished himself by his bravery. He was captured and imprisoned, but an exchange was effected and he returned north. In 1872 he was made an instructor in German at the University, and two years later became assistant professor of German. In 1891 he was made associate professor, but resigned in 1903. From 1891 until 1903 he was regent of the University. Professor Bartlett was not known by any of the present generation of undergraduates...
...first president he met was John Tyler, a man of the utmost simplicity and frugality. His father brought him to the White House to meet President Pierce immediately after his inauguration. Mr. Buchanan was a quiet, democratic gentleman. During the Civil War, Mr. Wise knew Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln. He carried the last message from General Lee to the president of the Confederacy and came to know him well. He was stubborn and egotistical, though intrepid and courageous in every way. Andrew Johnson was one of the guests at Mr. Wise's wedding. He met President Grant...
...want bright, clean-cut young men of good size and build and citizens of the United States, and can offer them much instruction in Navy matters and a cruise for one week in the summer on board one of the United States war vessels. We require attendance at drills one night a week during ten months in the year where instruction is given during the winter in infantry and artillery, knotting, splicing, etc., while during the summer, rifle and revolver practice, seamanship, gunnery and boat drill under sail and oar, are taken...
...Wise's life is as interesting as it is varied. While an undergraduate at the University of Virginia, he enlisted in the Confederate Army and served as second lieutenant until General Lee's surrender in 1865. He carried the last message from Lee to President Davis. After the war, Mr. Wise returned to the University and was graduated in 1867. Fourteen years later he was elected to Congress from Virginia on the Republican ticket, soon after he ran for governor, but was defeated. Since 1885 he has been engaged in the practice of law in New York and has written...