Sam Houston

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…showed last 75 words of 1138 total…and not or his own glory. He was not a well-educated man, but he rose to become an attorney and help very high-ranking state and legislative positions. When the causes that he fought for crumbled he simply gave up and went home; as he knew that one man can not stand up against a nation. For his contributions to the great State of Texas, the city of Houston in that state was named after him.