True stories of great American men : for young Americans (1898)
Brooks, Elbridge Streeter, 1846-1902 · Chicago ; Philadelphia ; Toronto : J.C. Winston · leaf 232
GARFIELD 233 familiar with, he, perhaps, knew most about the Bible. It issaid there was never a day in Mrs. Garfields home that sheand the children did not read certain parts of the Bible, andas the children grew older, they often got into warm discus-sions, which they called arguments, about what… … GARFIELD ON THE TOW-PATH the famous orator and statesman in the United States Senate,said that Mr. Garfields power lay largely in his earnest styleof speaking and his familiarity with the Bible, of which he wasa constant student. James Garfield also loved to read tales of the sea and talesof…
