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Mr. Lincoln was seated between Edward Everett and William H. Seward , on the main stand , and around them were the other members of the Cabinet , and the great War Governors — Curtin of Pennsylvania , Morton of Indiana , Parker of New ...
Mr. Lincoln was seated between Edward Everett and William H. Seward , on the main stand , and around them were the other members of the Cabinet , and the great War Governors — Curtin of Pennsylvania , Morton of Indiana , Parker of New ...
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On all sides stretched the battle - field ; and from Cemetery Hill the eloquent words of Everett were spoken , followed by the more brief and more immortal sentences of Abraham Lincoln . As I recur to that day , it is mournful to recall ...
On all sides stretched the battle - field ; and from Cemetery Hill the eloquent words of Everett were spoken , followed by the more brief and more immortal sentences of Abraham Lincoln . As I recur to that day , it is mournful to recall ...
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These , as I have said , were glowing words , never to be forgotten . As they fell from Mr. Everett's lips , he looked like a prophet of old , and every heart palpitated Amen . But the " great scene of all was when Abraham Lincoln rose ...
These , as I have said , were glowing words , never to be forgotten . As they fell from Mr. Everett's lips , he looked like a prophet of old , and every heart palpitated Amen . But the " great scene of all was when Abraham Lincoln rose ...
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great scene of all was when Abraham Lincoln rose , and , in his plain , unpretending way , spoke that marvellous epic , which will live as long as language , and will be spoken in every country , under every sky , by every people ready ...
great scene of all was when Abraham Lincoln rose , and , in his plain , unpretending way , spoke that marvellous epic , which will live as long as language , and will be spoken in every country , under every sky , by every people ready ...
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... and Napoleon the Third , who made Paris almost a Paradise in 1867 , has followed them to the mysterious world . VI . THE WAR GOVERNORS NORTH AND SOUTH DURING THE REBELLION . WHEN Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated President ...
... and Napoleon the Third , who made Paris almost a Paradise in 1867 , has followed them to the mysterious world . VI . THE WAR GOVERNORS NORTH AND SOUTH DURING THE REBELLION . WHEN Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated President ...
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| Title | Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2 Anecdotes of Public Men, John Wien Forney Library of American civilization |
| Author | John Wien Forney |
| Publisher | Harper, 1881 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 10 Feb 2014 |
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