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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... given with perhaps a disappointing brevity . It must suffice to say , here , that no pains have been spared - as no requi- site facilities for obtaining correct data have been lacking - to make the work not only trustworthy and complete ...
... given with perhaps a disappointing brevity . It must suffice to say , here , that no pains have been spared - as no requi- site facilities for obtaining correct data have been lacking - to make the work not only trustworthy and complete ...
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... given him , as the expressed preference of a hundred or two of asso- ciates for him above all others , as a leader , showed that , however distrustful as yet of his own powers , he was not without ambi- tion , or unable to appreciate ...
... given him , as the expressed preference of a hundred or two of asso- ciates for him above all others , as a leader , showed that , however distrustful as yet of his own powers , he was not without ambi- tion , or unable to appreciate ...
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... given Mr. Clay a majority of 914 in 1844 , on the most thorough canvass . It gave Mr. Lin- coln a majority af 1,511 , which was entirely unprecedented , and has been unequaled by that given there for any opposition candidate , for any ...
... given Mr. Clay a majority of 914 in 1844 , on the most thorough canvass . It gave Mr. Lin- coln a majority af 1,511 , which was entirely unprecedented , and has been unequaled by that given there for any opposition candidate , for any ...
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... given a week or ten days ago , declaring that the war with Mexico was unneces- sarily and unconstitutionally commenced by the President . I admit that such a vote should not be given in mere party wantonness , and that the one given is ...
... given a week or ten days ago , declaring that the war with Mexico was unneces- sarily and unconstitutionally commenced by the President . I admit that such a vote should not be given in mere party wantonness , and that the one given is ...
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... given us the most splendid suc- cesses - every department , and every part , land and water , officers and privates , regulars and volunteers , doing all that men could do , and hundreds of things which it had ever before been thought ...
... given us the most splendid suc- cesses - every department , and every part , land and water , officers and privates , regulars and volunteers , doing all that men could do , and hundreds of things which it had ever before been thought ...
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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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