Beacon Lights of History: New hall of fame. Premier personalities

Wm. H. Wise, 1924

Fall of empires and cabinets	21

Birth and early life	27

Contribution at start of World War	34

Leadership at home challenged	40

Against the old diplomacy	41

The Irish settlement	52

Physical characteristics	68

Selected the artillery branch of the service	111

Early years of his presidency	442

He hoped as a neutral to hasten peace	442

Influence of American support	442

The secret treaties	442

Signing of the armistice	442

6	442

She quarrels with the director of the Francais	442

Sustained by her sense of humor	442

His two treatises on the military arts	117

Commanded 9th army at Battle of the Marne	126

Greatest leader the war produced	135

First provisional government	151

Prosecution of the Bourgeoisie 192	159

Dismissal of Bismarck	180

Led to unparalleled servitude	193

Causes of great famine	200

Autocratic traditions	206

Home life	212

Manifestation of madness	218

Relations with Bismarck	226

Activities of the young Turks	229

The second Balkan	251

Elected to council of League of Nations	257

Visits to the front	268

Fight against Gen Boulanger	276

Once a daring enemy of Britain	297

Praised as a soldier	303

Colonial secretary in Botha Cabinet	309

Loyalty to Britain	315

Member of British War Cabinet	321

Diplomatic missions	327

Success of De Valera	334

Conflict with Von Bissing	339

Brought worlds favor to Belgium	345

Life as a teacher	351

Endeared to people of all creeds	357

Life in Washington	363

Success as lecturer on philosophy	369

His place in the world 335	372

Ambassador to the allies	380

Indefatigable worker	386

Service in the Civil War	392

President of the General Board	402

Polish origins	408

Appears in Paris	414

Political activities	422

Family the national unit	428

Present leaders	435

He enforced democracy at Princeton	442

Attacks on the League of Nations	442

His belief in Christianity	442

Revocation of all existing restrictions	442

Crushed Defeatist propaganda	442

Lectures in America	442

His boyhood	442

His love of home and family	442

THEODORE ROOSEVELT	442

Possible Presidential candidacy	442

When the America defeated the Shamrock II	442

Transmission of voice by wireless	442

Ill in Santa Rosa in 1875	442

GREAT AMERICAN QUALITIES	442

Importance of Russian Revolution	442

Battle of San Juan Hill

Ancestry

Birth and early influences	i

Neglect of economics	ii

215	vii

Considered one of worlds greatest	ix

Education	xiii

Childhood and education	70

Brother executed for radical teachings	73

Attended Jesuit College at Metz	iii

Poincare a judicial type	v

Early radical tendencies	vii

An enthusiast and hero worshipper	viii

Progress of liberty	xi

220

Education and illiteracy

Builder of Japans navy 438	v

Migration through Europe	x

166

Propaganda in Russian Army	ii

Losses in the	iii

A private citizen once more

Boyish interests and marriage	vii

32	xii

Council of Peoples Commissaries	xxiv

Direitos de autor

Título	Beacon Lights of History: New hall of fame. Premier personalities Volume 8 de Beacon Lights of History, George Spencer Hulbert
Autor	John Lord
Editora	Wm. H. Wise, 1924
Original de	Universidade de Illinois em Urbana-Champaign
Digitalizado	1 Mai 2015

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