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Page 55
... never saw a more dignified face never saw so sad a face . . . . He said wonderfully witty things , but never from a desire to be witty . His wit was entirely illustrative . " Lincoln predicted he would carry the state in popular vote ...
... never saw a more dignified face never saw so sad a face . . . . He said wonderfully witty things , but never from a desire to be witty . His wit was entirely illustrative . " Lincoln predicted he would carry the state in popular vote ...
Page 216
... never before seen anything like the enthusiasm this Convention was conjuring up , never before been host to a gathering so important . It was as though the nation had saluted the expanding city ( as Emerson did Walt ) with the ...
... never before seen anything like the enthusiasm this Convention was conjuring up , never before been host to a gathering so important . It was as though the nation had saluted the expanding city ( as Emerson did Walt ) with the ...
Page 307
... never yet yielded to threats or frowns . That beautiful evenness and integrity of his life , which have made him a man of mark , will not desert him in his promised official career . . . . ... MR . LINCOLN is untried in a merely ...
... never yet yielded to threats or frowns . That beautiful evenness and integrity of his life , which have made him a man of mark , will not desert him in his promised official career . . . . ... MR . LINCOLN is untried in a merely ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Lincoln's Rise to Power: With Illustrations |
| Author | William Eldon Baringer |
| Publisher | Little, Brown and Company, 1937 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 2 Jun 2008 |
| Length | 373 pages |
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