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... father and the relatives surrounding him were in con- stant financial difficulty ; theirs were the troubles of the poor- the troubles of men who have no money and who are always just one jump ahead of the sheriff . Reluctantly Lincoln ...
... father and the relatives surrounding him were in con- stant financial difficulty ; theirs were the troubles of the poor- the troubles of men who have no money and who are always just one jump ahead of the sheriff . Reluctantly Lincoln ...
Page 331
... father . It approaches smugness in his advice for the dying man to put his trust in God if it is " his lot to go now . " Most sig- nificant of all is the phrase : " If we could meet now it is doubtful whether it would not be more ...
... father . It approaches smugness in his advice for the dying man to put his trust in God if it is " his lot to go now . " Most sig- nificant of all is the phrase : " If we could meet now it is doubtful whether it would not be more ...
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... father speak of his uncle Isaac residing at Watauga ( I think ) , near where the then States of Vir- ginia , North Carolina , and Tennessee join - you seem now to be some hundred miles or so west of that . I often saw Uncle Mordecai ...
... father speak of his uncle Isaac residing at Watauga ( I think ) , near where the then States of Vir- ginia , North Carolina , and Tennessee join - you seem now to be some hundred miles or so west of that . I often saw Uncle Mordecai ...
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Reply to a Committee of Religious Denominations Asking | 145 |
Chronology | 193 |
Address to the People of Sangamon County Illinois March | 221 |
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