Why We Love LincolnOuting Publishing Company, 1909 - 168 pages |
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Page 45
... ness for study made him neglect his store . Having secured copies of Blackstone and Chitty he spent his days and nights studying law . He would go to the great oak just outside of the door , lie on his back with his feet against the ...
... ness for study made him neglect his store . Having secured copies of Blackstone and Chitty he spent his days and nights studying law . He would go to the great oak just outside of the door , lie on his back with his feet against the ...
Page 50
... ness by taking upon himself the whole re- sponsibility for searching after sound knowl- edge and principles . Lincoln became Major Stuart's law - part- ner , and for many years he alternated be- tween petty lawsuits and his more ...
... ness by taking upon himself the whole re- sponsibility for searching after sound knowl- edge and principles . Lincoln became Major Stuart's law - part- ner , and for many years he alternated be- tween petty lawsuits and his more ...
Page 91
... from cynic- ism . There was a childlike simplicity in his character , a central purity and earnest- ness , that enabled him to see under the broadcloth and ruffles of the East the same elemental humanity 91 WHY WE LOVE LINCOLN.
... from cynic- ism . There was a childlike simplicity in his character , a central purity and earnest- ness , that enabled him to see under the broadcloth and ruffles of the East the same elemental humanity 91 WHY WE LOVE LINCOLN.
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