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Title: Ohio archæological and historical quarterly
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society
Subjects: History Archaeology
Publisher: Columbus : Published for the Society by A.H. Smythe
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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evement — union and the preserved ark of the Americancovenant of liberty. No hurting heart, no rivalry, no triumphof other commanders, no promotion of the aspiring or deserving,could remove his gaze from the great end sought. He wroteSherman, in Grant-like simplicity and sincerity, that he wouldserve under him as willingly as over him, to attain preservedunion. Out of such consecration, out of such unchanging de-votion, came his signal victory. It is not hard to understand effective endeavor and inspir-ing leadership where men are consecrated to service. He wasnot concerned about his individual fortune, he was battling forthe Union. He was not seeking self-promotion, he was rightingfor the Nation. Rivals sought his removal and disgrace, but hekept on fighting. Lincoln repulsed his enemies. I cant sparethis man; he fights, was all Lincoln would say. He fought fora preserved Union and restored Nation, and succeeding genera-tions are richer because of his example. One may guarantee the
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(231) 232 * Ohio Arch, and Hist. Society Publications security of this Republic so long as leaders among men put thecountrys good above personal and political advantage. It is not to be said of Grant that he sought to preserve apolitical or social order, or even a government, which had es-pecially favored him. He was too little favored by the existingorder. Nor can it be said that he sought personal or politicalpopularity. These things were apart from his early life. It is conceivable that men are prejudiced in their attitudetoward great problems by their own experiences — more by theirdisappointments than their successes. Grants own experience inlife might have led a less deliberate character to welcome anupheaval, or disunion, or any reversal to the government. Butthis silent man did not appraise his country by the scale of hisown misfortunes. He had seen much of the Republic. In boyhood he droveoften to Cincinnati and saw the developing city, much as hesaw St. Louis later on, in

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