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Page 16
The love of reading acquired through her inspiration and help was of itself
enough , in his condition , to justify his saying : “ I owe all that I am or hope to be
to my angel mother . " His recollection of her seemed always to be quite clear and
vivid ...
The love of reading acquired through her inspiration and help was of itself
enough , in his condition , to justify his saying : “ I owe all that I am or hope to be
to my angel mother . " His recollection of her seemed always to be quite clear and
vivid ...
Page 35
As the county was strongly Jacksonian , he had little to hope as a candidate ,
even after his return with a popular military record ; but he had been strongly
encouraged at the outset by Mr . Rutledge and others , who had heard him speak
at the ...
As the county was strongly Jacksonian , he had little to hope as a candidate ,
even after his return with a popular military record ; but he had been strongly
encouraged at the outset by Mr . Rutledge and others , who had heard him speak
at the ...
Page 52
Who that looks but for a moment at their Swartwouts , their Prices , their
Harringtons , and their hundreds of others , scampering away with the public
money to Texas , to Europe , and to every spot on earth where a villain may hope
to find ...
Who that looks but for a moment at their Swartwouts , their Prices , their
Harringtons , and their hundreds of others , scampering away with the public
money to Texas , to Europe , and to every spot on earth where a villain may hope
to find ...
Page 58
... thirty ) when to many minds the world begins to wear its most serious aspect ,
and when disappointment over youthful dreams unrealized quite eclipses the
satisfaction of partial success and dims the light of sanguine hope . Sensitiveness
...
... thirty ) when to many minds the world begins to wear its most serious aspect ,
and when disappointment over youthful dreams unrealized quite eclipses the
satisfaction of partial success and dims the light of sanguine hope . Sensitiveness
...
Page 87
This is a most valuable , a most sacred right — a right which , we hope and
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 ...
This is a most valuable , a most sacred right — a right which , we hope and
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 ...
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| Title | Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 1 Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Joseph Hartwell Barrett |
| Author | Joseph Hartwell Barrett |
| Publisher | Robert Clarke Company, 1904 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 19 Sep 2008 |
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