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Identifier: centurybookoffam00broo2 (find matches)
Title: The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Brooks, Elbridge Streeter, 1846-1902
Subjects: Historic buildings -- United States United States -- Description and travel
Publisher: New York : Century Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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CREAM-JUG, SALT-CELLAR, CANDLESTICK, ANDCADDY-SPOON USED AT MOUNT VERNON. And he was an Eno-lishman ! O said Bert. Confederates boomino- Lincoln, Britishers hurrahing; for \Vashino;ton o o o -it is kind of odd, is nt it, though? said Roger. How do you accountfor it, Uncle Tom ? BY THE POTOMAC 223 si%^,; ! L~:--\ : .-•••• ^J,V.SM^A,.«. i^.r--, -A
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UNDER THE ELM AT CAMBRIDGE.General Washington taking command of the army. It is one of the proofs of great-ness, Uncle Tom replied; whenfoemen become admirers fame cango no higher. The best thoughtof the South now yields reverence to Abraham Lincoln ; after a hundred years of scrutiny and criticism thelatest and broadest of English historians says of George Washington, Nonobler figure ever stood in the forefront of a nations life. Who was that, Uncle Tom? asked Marian. Green, Uncle Tom replied ; not the historian of Englands kings and 224 THE CENTURY BOOK OF FAMOUS AMERICANS wars, but of Englands people--among whom, indeed, by ancestry, Wash-ington can claim a place. Is nt that so, Uncle Tom? said Bert. Was nt Washington neareran English gentleman than an American? o o Dont get that folly in your head, my boy, Uncle Tom replied. It isa favorite error with certain American critics who would exalt Lincoln at the•expense of Washington. Such criticism is unnecessary. The two need notbe

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  • booksubject:Historic_buildings____United_States
  • booksubject:United_States____Description_and_travel
  • bookpublisher:New_York___Century_Co_
  • bookcontributor:New_York_Public_Library
  • booksponsor:MSN
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