Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 1R. Clarke Company, 1904 |
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... cause , for there is a local tradition that she died of consumption . It is further noticeable that her son once spoke of " milk sickness as being very much like quick consumption . There was no doctor within calling distance , and ...
... cause , for there is a local tradition that she died of consumption . It is further noticeable that her son once spoke of " milk sickness as being very much like quick consumption . There was no doctor within calling distance , and ...
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... causing needless suffering , and could not bear to see any wanton infliction of pain . This may have been one reason that he had so little to do with hunting and fishing . He was helpful to " the women folks , " and in general was liked ...
... causing needless suffering , and could not bear to see any wanton infliction of pain . This may have been one reason that he had so little to do with hunting and fishing . He was helpful to " the women folks , " and in general was liked ...
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... cause we believe to be just . It shall not deter me . If ever I feel the soul within me dilate and expand to those dimensions not wholly unworthy of its Almighty Architect , it is when I contemplate the cause of my country , deserted by ...
... cause we believe to be just . It shall not deter me . If ever I feel the soul within me dilate and expand to those dimensions not wholly unworthy of its Almighty Architect , it is when I contemplate the cause of my country , deserted by ...
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... cause as Lamborn's predictions implied , and Van Buren's defeat brought with it the delusive prospect of better days for the Whigs . meet . Douglas , then holding the comparatively lucrative position of Register of the Land Office ...
... cause as Lamborn's predictions implied , and Van Buren's defeat brought with it the delusive prospect of better days for the Whigs . meet . Douglas , then holding the comparatively lucrative position of Register of the Land Office ...
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... cause of one whom he believed to be wronged , yet lacking means to secure legal redress on ordinary terms . Many cases which brought him little or no pecuniary return , afforded him more than com- pensating satisfaction in having ...
... cause of one whom he believed to be wronged , yet lacking means to secure legal redress on ordinary terms . Many cases which brought him little or no pecuniary return , afforded him more than com- pensating satisfaction in having ...
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