Why We Love LincolnOuting Publishing Company, 1909 - 168 pages |
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Page 22
... heart gentle and gener- ous , and back of his singsongy , rollicking , spraddling youth , with its swinging axe - blows , forest - prowlings , and coarse humor , there was a gravity , dignity , sanity , fairness , gener- osity and deep ...
... heart gentle and gener- ous , and back of his singsongy , rollicking , spraddling youth , with its swinging axe - blows , forest - prowlings , and coarse humor , there was a gravity , dignity , sanity , fairness , gener- osity and deep ...
Page 48
... heart and she consented , asking only time enough to write to her lost lover . No answer to the letter came . Week after week passed . And then Lincoln was accepted . But , alas , the strain had been too great , and the aban- doned ...
... heart and she consented , asking only time enough to write to her lost lover . No answer to the letter came . Week after week passed . And then Lincoln was accepted . But , alas , the strain had been too great , and the aban- doned ...
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... heart melted at the sight of tears . It was hard for him to withstand a tale of woe . The shedding of blood stirred horror and grief in him . This extreme sensitiveness would have been an element of almost fatal weakness in the man upon ...
... heart melted at the sight of tears . It was hard for him to withstand a tale of woe . The shedding of blood stirred horror and grief in him . This extreme sensitiveness would have been an element of almost fatal weakness in the man upon ...
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