Life of Abraham Lincoln: Presenting His Early History, Political Career, and Speeches in and Out of Congress; Also a General View of His Policy as President of the United States; with His Messages, Proclamations, Letters, Etc., and a History of His Eventful Administration, and of the Scenes Attendant Upon His Tragic and Lamented DemiseLommis National Library Association, 1888 - 842 pages Written in 1864 by a political contemporary, this is a work of nineteenth-century American biographic literature. It contains Lincoln's most masterful speeches and writings, along with a contemporary history of the Civil War. |
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Page 16
... believe ; although , dying at an early age , and having , from the time of her marriage , passed her days on obscure frontiers , few recollections of her remain . ABRAHAM LINCOLN was born of these parents on the 12th day of February ...
... believe ; although , dying at an early age , and having , from the time of her marriage , passed her days on obscure frontiers , few recollections of her remain . ABRAHAM LINCOLN was born of these parents on the 12th day of February ...
Page 39
... believe that even the British ( to whom Black - Hawk had always been a fast friend ) , as well as the Ottawas , Chippewas , Winne- bagoes and Pottawatomies , would aid them in regaining their village and the adjoining lands . Under this ...
... believe that even the British ( to whom Black - Hawk had always been a fast friend ) , as well as the Ottawas , Chippewas , Winne- bagoes and Pottawatomies , would aid them in regaining their village and the adjoining lands . Under this ...
Page 57
... believe that the institution of slavery is founded on both injustice and bad policy ; but that the promulgation of abolition doctrines tend rather to increase than abate its evils . " They believe that the Congress of the United States ...
... believe that the institution of slavery is founded on both injustice and bad policy ; but that the promulgation of abolition doctrines tend rather to increase than abate its evils . " They believe that the Congress of the United States ...
Page 81
... that the President him- self never saw it anywhere else . By the way , I believe I should not err if I were to declare , that during the first ten years of the existence of that document , it was LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN . 81.
... that the President him- self never saw it anywhere else . By the way , I believe I should not err if I were to declare , that during the first ten years of the existence of that document , it was LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN . 81.
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... believe , is to liberate the world . Nor is this right confined to cases in which the whole people of an existing government may choose to exercise it . Any portion of such people that can may revolutionize , and make their own of so ...
... believe , is to liberate the world . Nor is this right confined to cases in which the whole people of an existing government may choose to exercise it . Any portion of such people that can may revolutionize , and make their own of so ...
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LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN Joseph H. (Joseph Hartwell) 18 Barrett,Making of America Project No preview available - 2016 |
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