Why We Love LincolnOuting Publishing Company, 1909 - 168 pages |
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Page 24
... jokes , he made everybody his friend - some- times he worked . Already he was an Amer- ican politician , although he did not know it . It is hard to realize that , even later in his WESTWARD THE STAR OF EMPIRE TAKES ITS WAY ; THE 24 WHY ...
... jokes , he made everybody his friend - some- times he worked . Already he was an Amer- ican politician , although he did not know it . It is hard to realize that , even later in his WESTWARD THE STAR OF EMPIRE TAKES ITS WAY ; THE 24 WHY ...
Page 56
... the West . Here every question under heaven was debated , stories were told , jokes cracked , poems re- cited ; and it would take the pen of a Balzac to describe the scenes of merriment , or seri- ous 56 WHY WE LOVE LINCOLN.
... the West . Here every question under heaven was debated , stories were told , jokes cracked , poems re- cited ; and it would take the pen of a Balzac to describe the scenes of merriment , or seri- ous 56 WHY WE LOVE LINCOLN.
Page 123
... jokes and dealt with the thronging politicians in his old shrewd , homely way . None of the place- hunters was permitted to suspect the im- pending tragedy that made him bow his head when he was alone . Meanwhile he ordered General ...
... jokes and dealt with the thronging politicians in his old shrewd , homely way . None of the place- hunters was permitted to suspect the im- pending tragedy that made him bow his head when he was alone . Meanwhile he ordered General ...
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