Why We Love LincolnOuting Publishing Company, 1909 - 168 pages |
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Page 50
... more profitable work as a surveyor . His sincerity , shrewd humor , fairness and hearty hand - shaking qualities drew friends to him wherever he went . His long , almost ludicrous figure , with 50 WHY WE LOVE LINCOLN.
... more profitable work as a surveyor . His sincerity , shrewd humor , fairness and hearty hand - shaking qualities drew friends to him wherever he went . His long , almost ludicrous figure , with 50 WHY WE LOVE LINCOLN.
Page 63
... shrewd and stubborn British device for keeping their American subjects weak by disunion - grew into the system of States which formed the Republic . When the Constitution of the United States was framed , ten of the thirteen States had ...
... shrewd and stubborn British device for keeping their American subjects weak by disunion - grew into the system of States which formed the Republic . When the Constitution of the United States was framed , ten of the thirteen States had ...
Page 91
... shrewd ex- perience in politics he was free 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 ...
... shrewd ex- perience in politics he was free 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 ...
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