"First of all, " replied the boy James A. Garfield, when asked what he meant to be, "I must make myself a man; if I do not succeed in that, I can succeed in nothing."

当被问到未来打算干什么时，孩提时代的詹姆斯·A·加菲尔德答道：“首先，我必须使自己成为一个真正的人；如果我失败了，我将一事无成。”

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James A. Garfield was born in a log cabin, and his father died when he was only a baby.

詹姆斯·a·加菲尔德出生在船舱里，当他还是个婴儿时，他的父亲即已过世。

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He did. James A. Garfield was murdered at age 49.

这话真的应验了，詹姆斯·a·加菲尔德遇刺时49岁。

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The man who shot James Garfield -- Charles Guiteau -- was tried by a court in Washington.

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James Garfield won. He got only ten thousand more popular votes than Winfield Scott Hancock.

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Representative James Garfield, who later became president, called a graduated tax unconstitutional.

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Something of an inconsequential place, its best claim to fame is that the 20th president of the United States, James A. Garfield, went to school there.

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Those were the words of James A. Garfield.

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