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 Concise History of the WarMoore, Wilstach & Baldwin, 1865 - 510 pages |
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Page 12
... already begun to be too far advanced for the highest enjoyment of his characteristic mode of living ; or possibly , with others , he aspired to the possession of more fertile fields , and to an easier subsistence 12 LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN ...
... already begun to be too far advanced for the highest enjoyment of his characteristic mode of living ; or possibly , with others , he aspired to the possession of more fertile fields , and to an easier subsistence 12 LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN ...
Page 14
... already re - commencing hostilities , after a temporary pacification . Here was a com- mon territory and place of meeting for the tribes , both of the North and the South , and here , before and after this date , there were many ...
... already re - commencing hostilities , after a temporary pacification . Here was a com- mon territory and place of meeting for the tribes , both of the North and the South , and here , before and after this date , there were many ...
Page 25
... already acquired . The same want of systematic public instruction , and the same mode of remedying this lack , pre- vailed in Indiana , as in his former home . One of his teachers was named Andrew Crawford , to whom he used to be ...
... already acquired . The same want of systematic public instruction , and the same mode of remedying this lack , pre- vailed in Indiana , as in his former home . One of his teachers was named Andrew Crawford , to whom he used to be ...
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... already beginning to foresee and prepare for a high destiny . Wherever he has dwelt becomes classic and consecrated ground , and to have known him , even in his obscurest days , will be deemed a cir- cumstance to be recounted with pride ...
... already beginning to foresee and prepare for a high destiny . Wherever he has dwelt becomes classic and consecrated ground , and to have known him , even in his obscurest days , will be deemed a cir- cumstance to be recounted with pride ...
Page 32
... already worked . The rivers along which the principal settlements had been made , aside from the great boundary rivers - the Missis- sippi , the Ohio , and the Wabash - were the Kaskaskia , the Embarras , the Sangamon , and their ...
... already worked . The rivers along which the principal settlements had been made , aside from the great boundary rivers - the Missis- sippi , the Ohio , and the Wabash - were the Kaskaskia , the Embarras , the Sangamon , and their ...
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