Why We Love LincolnOuting Publishing Company, 1909 - 168 pages |
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... log cabin , enduring profound poverty . It was in this mere wooden hutch , which had an earth floor , one door and one win- dow , that Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12th , 1809 . What American , however poor , ignorant ...
... log cabin , enduring profound poverty . It was in this mere wooden hutch , which had an earth floor , one door and one win- dow , that Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12th , 1809 . What American , however poor , ignorant ...
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... log - cabin schools with his sister Sarah , but he learned little more than his letters . It is amazing to think that this man , whose Gettysburg address is accepted as one of the noblest classics of English literature , did not have ...
... log - cabin schools with his sister Sarah , but he learned little more than his letters . It is amazing to think that this man , whose Gettysburg address is accepted as one of the noblest classics of English literature , did not have ...
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... logs and poles , partly open to the weather , and here the family lived for a year . Meanwhile a patch of land was cleared , corn was planted , and as soon as a log - cabin , without windows , could be built , the Lincolns moved into it ...
... logs and poles , partly open to the weather , and here the family lived for a year . Meanwhile a patch of land was cleared , corn was planted , and as soon as a log - cabin , without windows , could be built , the Lincolns moved into it ...
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