Excerpt from The War for Independence

IF it is true, as has been claimed by some of our most eminent writers, that the history of any nation is the story of its great men, then it becomes incum bent upon every one who would know the history of his own country to become familiar not only with 'the deeds that were done, but also with the men who did them. Certain it is that the element of biography is recognized to-day as never before.

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