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On November 8， 1861， a U.S. navy warship stopped a British packet and seized two Confederate emissaries on their way to England to seek backing for th......
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名人事我们学习的典范,从他们的成长历程中汲取有益的营养对中学生的成长具有很大的影响力.本书选取的名人事世界级的,从人类文明史开始到今天,源远流长五千年中精挑细选80位名人,他们或开国元勋或科海奇才……都是在其从事的领域创造过颠峰成就的名人。 读过此书,你将会在最短的时间里知道更多名人的故事；读......
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