Abraham Lincoln: The War Years, Volume 2Harcourt, Brace, 1939 - Presidents |
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Page 387
... writing in Harper's Weekly toward the end of the summer : " The practical sagacity of the President is daily justified . His impulses are wiser than the wary plans of more cunning men . " In his public letters " both the resolution to ...
... writing in Harper's Weekly toward the end of the summer : " The practical sagacity of the President is daily justified . His impulses are wiser than the wary plans of more cunning men . " In his public letters " both the resolution to ...
Page 591
... writing : " Mr. Lincoln is the only President we have ever had who may be said to be from the working class of people . . . . No other President has ever worked with his hands for a livelihood after arriving at the full maturity of ...
... writing : " Mr. Lincoln is the only President we have ever had who may be said to be from the working class of people . . . . No other President has ever worked with his hands for a livelihood after arriving at the full maturity of ...
Page 593
... writing than the most artful devices of rhetoric . Lincoln might well say with the apostle , " But though I be rude in speech yet not in knowledge , but we have been thoroughly made manifest among you in all things . " His rejection of ...
... writing than the most artful devices of rhetoric . Lincoln might well say with the apostle , " But though I be rude in speech yet not in knowledge , but we have been thoroughly made manifest among you in all things . " His rejection of ...
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DRIFTINGMURFREESBOROOLD STARS | 3 |
MORE HORSES THAN OATSOFFICESEEKERS | 28 |
FOREIGN MEDIATIONBUTLER | 66 |
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