On the recordJanuary 1, 1900
He was a plain, quiet man, not seeking for glory; but a man who, when aroused, was always in deadly earnest, and who never shrank from duty.
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Describing Ulysses S. Grant, this passage portrays him as a humble but intensely serious man who never shirked his responsibilities.
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