The Life and Work of James A. Garfield, Twentieth President of the United States / Embracing an Account of the Scenes and Incidents of His Boyhood; the Struggles of His Youth; the Might of His Early Manhood; His Valor As a Soldier; His Career As a Statesman; His Election to the Presidency; and the Tragic Story of His Death.

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MRS. JAMES A. GARFIELD. Eng d by H B Hall & Sons New York.
MEMORIAL EDITION.
JOHN CLARK RIDPATH, LL. D.,
Author of A Popular History of the United States; A Grammar-School History of the United States; An Inductive Grammar of the English Language, etc.
Copiously Illustrated.
P. W. ZIEGLER & CO.,
PHILADELPHIA AND CHICAGO.
1881.
COPYRIGHTED, 1881, BY J. T. JONES.
Dean Swift describes the tomb as a place where savage enmity can rend the heart no more. Here, in the ominous shadow of the cypress, the faults and foibles of life are forgotten, and the imagination builds a shining pathway to the stars. Ascending this with rapid flight, the great dead is transfigured as he rises; the clouds close around him, and, in the twinkling of an eye, he is set afar on the heights with Miltiades and Alexander.