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)

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

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