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TRUE STORIES OF GREAT AMERICANS
LAFAYETTE
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
NEW YORK · BOSTON · CHICAGO · DALLAS
ATLANTA · SAN FRANCISCO
MACMILLAN & CO., Limited
LONDON · BOMBAY · CALCUTTA MELBOURNE
THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, Ltd.
TORONTO
From an authentic portrait.
Portait of Lafayette.
This shows Lafayette as a youthful general.
LAFAYETTE
BY
MARTHA FOOTE CROW
And what gave he to us?
He gave his starry youth,
His quick, audacious sword,
His name, his crested plume.
And what gave we?
We gave—a nation's heart!
He gave his starry youth,
His quick, audacious sword,
His name, his crested plume.
And what gave we?
We gave—a nation's heart!
New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1918
All rights reserved
COPYRIGHT, 1916,
By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.
Set up and electrotyped. Published May, 1916.
Reprinted October, 1917.
Norwood Press
J.S. Cushing Co.—Berwick & Smith Co.
Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
CONTENTS
| Page | |
| CHAPTER I | |
| A Boy of the French Nobility | 1 |
| CHAPTER II | |
| College and Court | 10 |
| CHAPTER III | |
| A Boy's Ideals | 21 |
| CHAPTER IV | |
| The Great Inspiration | 27 |
| CHAPTER V | |
| First Days in America | ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! |