Why We Love LincolnOuting Publishing Company, 1909 - 168 pages |
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... hands . Sometimes he thrashed a bully . His strength was tremendous . No man in the country could withstand him . It is said that he once lifted half a ton . Yet his temper was cool , his heart gentle and gener- ous , and back of his ...
... hands . Sometimes he thrashed a bully . His strength was tremendous . No man in the country could withstand him . It is said that he once lifted half a ton . Yet his temper was cool , his heart gentle and gener- ous , and back of his ...
Page 139
... hands of Blondin [ the famous tight - rope walker ] to carry across the Niagara River on a rope . Would you shake the cable , or keep * shouting at him , ' Blondin , stand up a little straighter- Blondin , stoop a little more - go a ...
... hands of Blondin [ the famous tight - rope walker ] to carry across the Niagara River on a rope . Would you shake the cable , or keep * shouting at him , ' Blondin , stand up a little straighter- Blondin , stoop a little more - go a ...
Page 167
... hands of a fanatic . Those who saw him on the day of his sec- ond inauguration say that he was thinner and more wrinkled than ever . His face had a ghastly , gray pallor . There was an ex- pression of indescribable mourning in his eyes ...
... hands of a fanatic . Those who saw him on the day of his sec- ond inauguration say that he was thinner and more wrinkled than ever . His face had a ghastly , gray pallor . There was an ex- pression of indescribable mourning in his eyes ...
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