Why We Love LincolnOuting Publishing Company, 1909 - 168 pages |
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... gave them warm clothes . She threw away the mat of corn husks and leaves on which they slept and replaced it with a soft feather tick . She loved little Abe , and the lonely boy returned her kindness and affection . In a primitive cabin ...
... gave them warm clothes . She threw away the mat of corn husks and leaves on which they slept and replaced it with a soft feather tick . She loved little Abe , and the lonely boy returned her kindness and affection . In a primitive cabin ...
Page 94
... gave no sign of it . So humble was his nature that , after his election , he grew a beard at the suggestion of a little girl , who wrote to say that it might make him look better . He wrote this during the Presiden- tial campaign : " If ...
... gave no sign of it . So humble was his nature that , after his election , he grew a beard at the suggestion of a little girl , who wrote to say that it might make him look better . He wrote this during the Presiden- tial campaign : " If ...
Page 153
... gave us the victory in the approaching battle [ Antietam ] he would con- sider it an indication of Divine will , and that it was duty to move forward in the cause of emancipation . It might be thought strange , he said , that he had in ...
... gave us the victory in the approaching battle [ Antietam ] he would con- sider it an indication of Divine will , and that it was duty to move forward in the cause of emancipation . It might be thought strange , he said , that he had in ...
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