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    Stories of Great Men
    Stories of Great Men
    Stories of Great Men
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    Stories of Great Men

    By Faye Huntington

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    Alexander the Great
    Addison, Joseph
    Agassiz, Louis John Rudolph
    Bacon, Francis
    Cæsar, Caius Julius
    Disraeli, Benjamin
    Everett, Edward
    Farragut, David Glasgow
    Gordon, Charles George
    Hannibal
    Irving, Washington
    Judson, Adoniram
    Knox, John
    Lincoln, Abraham
    Morse, Samuel Finley Breese
    Newton, Sir Isaac
    Obookiah, Henry
    Penn, William
    Quincy, Josiah
    Rush, Benjamin
    Savonarola, Girolamo
    Tennyson, Alfred
    Ulfila
    Vincent, Rev. John H., D.D.
    Webster, Daniel
    Xenophon
    LanguageEnglish
    Publisheranboco
    Release dateAug 25, 2016
    ISBN9783736409903
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