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Page 17
... given significance and interest to his youth-- ful experiences of hardship , the humble processes of his edu- cation , and his early struggles with the rough forces of nature- among which he was born . The tree which rose so high , and ...
... given significance and interest to his youth-- ful experiences of hardship , the humble processes of his edu- cation , and his early struggles with the rough forces of nature- among which he was born . The tree which rose so high , and ...
Page 22
... given to New England a considera- ble number of most honorable names , has given to the nation one of the noblest that adorn its annals . Thomas Lincoln , the father of the President , was made , by the early death of his father and the ...
... given to New England a considera- ble number of most honorable names , has given to the nation one of the noblest that adorn its annals . Thomas Lincoln , the father of the President , was made , by the early death of his father and the ...
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... given to the whole neighborhood , embracing every family within twenty miles . Neighbor carried the notice to neighbor . It was scat- tered from every little school . There was probably not a family that did not receive intelligence of ...
... given to the whole neighborhood , embracing every family within twenty miles . Neighbor carried the notice to neighbor . It was scat- tered from every little school . There was probably not a family that did not receive intelligence of ...
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... he says : " I remember all the accounts there given of the battle fields and struggles for the liberties of the country , and none fixed themselves upon my imagination so deeply as the struggle here LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN . 31.
... he says : " I remember all the accounts there given of the battle fields and struggles for the liberties of the country , and none fixed themselves upon my imagination so deeply as the struggle here LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN . 31.
Page 46
... given him trouble . After having mastered the book , he remarked to a friend , that if that was what they called a science , he thought he could " subdue another . " Mr. Green says that Mr. Lincoln's talk at this time showed that he was ...
... given him trouble . After having mastered the book , he remarked to a friend , that if that was what they called a science , he thought he could " subdue another . " Mr. Green says that Mr. Lincoln's talk at this time showed that he was ...
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