Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, a volume of original, historic and descriptive writings showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress (1901)
Boyd, James Penny, 1836-1910 · Philadelphia, A. J. Holman & co · leaf 408
It is not here the place to rehearse or to discuss thecauses which led to Americas Civil War, a war perhaps the most stupendousrecorded in history. Looking backward, after the bloody foot-prints havebeen well nigh obliterated hj the growth of a generation, we can see that thetrend of human… … ROBERT E. LEE AT CHAPUETEPEC. 382 TRIUMPHS AND WONDERS OF THE XIXth CENTURY South, all combined to make the conflict inevitable. For more than a decadeof years grievances had been growing and rumblings were heard, like the im-prisoned fires beneath the surface of the earth, until the election of…
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