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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... never saw even the exterior of what was properly a church edifice . The religious services he attended were held either at a private dwelling , or in some log school - house , or in the open grove : " Fit shrine for humble worshiper to ...
... never saw even the exterior of what was properly a church edifice . The religious services he attended were held either at a private dwelling , or in some log school - house , or in the open grove : " Fit shrine for humble worshiper to ...
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... never dispel Night's tears o'er the form that was loved so well- Where no column proud in the sun may glow , To mock the heart that is resting below . " * A year or two later , Thomas Lincoln contracted a second marriage with Mrs ...
... never dispel Night's tears o'er the form that was loved so well- Where no column proud in the sun may glow , To mock the heart that is resting below . " * A year or two later , Thomas Lincoln contracted a second marriage with Mrs ...
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... Never was a man further removed from all snobbish affectation . As little was there , also , of the demagogue art of assuming an uncouthness or rusticity of manner and outward habit , with the mistaken notion of thus securing particular ...
... Never was a man further removed from all snobbish affectation . As little was there , also , of the demagogue art of assuming an uncouthness or rusticity of manner and outward habit , with the mistaken notion of thus securing particular ...
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... never heartily approved by the people . There was but one session during the two years for which this Legislature was chosen . Mr. Lincoln , as in the last was the acknowledged Whig leader , and the candidate of his party for Speaker ...
... never heartily approved by the people . There was but one session during the two years for which this Legislature was chosen . Mr. Lincoln , as in the last was the acknowledged Whig leader , and the candidate of his party for Speaker ...
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... never indifferent . There was a universal confidence in his honest integrity , such as has been rarely extended to men so prominent in political life . The longer he was tried as a public servant , the more his constituents became ...
... never indifferent . There was a universal confidence in his honest integrity , such as has been rarely extended to men so prominent in political life . The longer he was tried as a public servant , the more his constituents became ...
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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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