Carl Schurz

Phi Beta Kappa Oration at Harvard Carl Schurz

"Phi Beta Kappa Oration at Harvard" from Carl Schurz. Confidante of Lincoln, U. S. Ambassador to Spain, a major-general in the Civil War, a U. S. Senator from Missouri, Secretary of the Interior in the Hayes administration, author of a biography of Henry Clay, president of the National Civil Service Reform League, and an editorial writer for Harper's Weekly (1829-1906).