Why We Love LincolnOuting Publishing Company, 1909 - 168 pages |
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... Quaker stock -one was a member of the Boston Tea Party ; another was a revolutionary minute- man , served in the Continental Congress . and was Attorney General of the United States under Jefferson - this frontier boy , who was 9 II ...
... Quaker stock -one was a member of the Boston Tea Party ; another was a revolutionary minute- man , served in the Continental Congress . and was Attorney General of the United States under Jefferson - this frontier boy , who was 9 II ...
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... Congress , the bewildered , rabbit - hearted Buchanan did nothing to defend the national sovereignty . He was no traitor - simply a poltroon , with- out character , convictions or courage enough to assert the plain powers of his office ...
... Congress , the bewildered , rabbit - hearted Buchanan did nothing to defend the national sovereignty . He was no traitor - simply a poltroon , with- out character , convictions or courage enough to assert the plain powers of his office ...
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... Congress . To the very last Lincoln hoped that the South might accept his plan to abolish slavery by paying for the slaves . His appeal to Congress was notable : " The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down , in honor or ...
... Congress . To the very last Lincoln hoped that the South might accept his plan to abolish slavery by paying for the slaves . His appeal to Congress was notable : " The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down , in honor or ...
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