Ulysses S. Grant Quotes

A military life had no charms for me, and I had not the faintest idea of staying in the army even if I should be graduated, which I did not expect.

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• A military life had no charms for me, and I had not the faintest idea of staying in the army even if I should be graduated, which I did not expect.

  

  Ulysses S. Grant
  • Life
  • Military
  • Army