Excerpt from The Story of a Great General, Ulysses S. Grant IN this great land of ours there are many boys to-day in the schools who will become famous men. There are presidents of the United States, and senators, and soldiers, and authors. There are boys whose names will be known over the world and whose deeds will be praised long after they are gone. Who are these boys? Time alone will tell. There is a far greater number who will not become great and famous, whose names and deeds will not be known far beyond their own homes. But this is true, every boy and girl can lead an honest, useful life, and can be a Shining light within his own Circle, whether it be large or small. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.