{"product_id":"2940150266315","title":"The Life and Public Services of James A. Garfield","description":"\"The great heart of the people will not let the old soldier die!\" \u003cbr\u003eSo murmured the brave, patient sufferer in his sleep that terrible July night, when the whole nation, stricken down with grief and consternation at the assassin's deed, watched, waited, prayed—as one man—for the life of their beloved President. \u003cbr\u003eAnd all through those weary eighty days that followed, of alternate hope and fear, how truly the great, loving, sympathetic heart of the people did battle, with millions of unseen weapons, for the strong, heroic spirit that never faltered, never gave up \"the one chance,\" even while he whispered: \"God's will be done; I am ready to go if my time has come.\" \u003cbr\u003eParty differences were all forgotten; there was no longer any North or South—only one common brotherhood, one great, sorrowing household watching with tender solicitude beside the death-bed of their loved one. \u003cbr\u003eHow anxiously the varying bulletins were studied! How eagerly the faintest glimmer of hope was seized! And when, on that never-to-be-forgotten anniversary of Chickamauga's battle, the midnight bells tolled out their solemn requiem, \u003cbr\u003e\"The nation sent \u003cbr\u003eLike Egypt, in her tenth and final blow. \u003cbr\u003eThrough all the land a loud and bitter cry; \u003cbr\u003eAnd felt, like her, as o'er her dead she bent, \u003cbr\u003eThere is in every home a present woe!\" \u003cbr\u003eAnd yet, with renewed fervor, we repeat those pathetic words: \u003cbr\u003e\"The great heart of the people will not let the old soldier die!\" \u003cbr\u003eWhile bowing reverently, submissively to the decree of the Almighty Disposer of human affairs, the nation feels that \"no canon of earth or Heaven can forbid the enshrining of his manly virtues and grand character, so that after-generations may profit by the contemplation of them.\" \u003cbr\u003eA halo of immortal glory already gathers around the name of James A. Garfield...","brand":"Didactic Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47112590491888,"sku":"2940150266315","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940150266315_p0.jpg?v=1763741660","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940150266315","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}