God, Country, Notre DameRetired after a remarkable 35-year tenure as president of Notre Dame, Theodore M. Hesburgh is now actively engaged in furthering international peace and justice. God, Country, Notre Dame is a first-person account of his fascinating life filled with warmth, humor and candor. 40 photographs. |
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... grandfather . Grandfather Hesburgh was quite a remarkable man . He worked his way through college selling patent medicines door - to - door in New York . In order to do that he learned Yiddish , Russian , German , French , Italian , and ...
... grandfather . Grandfather Hesburgh was quite a remarkable man . He worked his way through college selling patent medicines door - to - door in New York . In order to do that he learned Yiddish , Russian , German , French , Italian , and ...
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... grandfather left Iowa , but I know it must have been several years after Aunt Mary came to collect my father . I know , also , that when he did move back to New York and took a small one - room apartment in Brooklyn , his luck didn't ...
... grandfather left Iowa , but I know it must have been several years after Aunt Mary came to collect my father . I know , also , that when he did move back to New York and took a small one - room apartment in Brooklyn , his luck didn't ...
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... grandfather grew ill , Elizabeth put him in a Catholic hospital , where , she told me later , he said the rosary and received communion every day . " He died like a saint , " the nuns told Elizabeth . Nuns who work in hospitals tend to ...
... grandfather grew ill , Elizabeth put him in a Catholic hospital , where , she told me later , he said the rosary and received communion every day . " He died like a saint , " the nuns told Elizabeth . Nuns who work in hospitals tend to ...
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