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... hands without a statement of what I have aimed to do , and what I have not aimed to do , in its preparation . I am moved to this , partly by my wish that they may not be disappointed in the character of the effort , and partly by my ...
... hands without a statement of what I have aimed to do , and what I have not aimed to do , in its preparation . I am moved to this , partly by my wish that they may not be disappointed in the character of the effort , and partly by my ...
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... hands had crumbled into dust , and had climbed to life again in forest flowers , he said to a friend , with tears in his " All that I am , or hope to be , I owe to my angel mother - blessings on her memory ! " eyes : Here was the home ...
... hands had crumbled into dust , and had climbed to life again in forest flowers , he said to a friend , with tears in his " All that I am , or hope to be , I owe to my angel mother - blessings on her memory ! " eyes : Here was the home ...
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... hands he read . He became a writer also . The majority of the settlers around him were entirely illiterate , and when it became known that Mr. Lin- coln's boy could write , his services were in frequent request by them in sending ...
... hands he read . He became a writer also . The majority of the settlers around him were entirely illiterate , and when it became known that Mr. Lin- coln's boy could write , his services were in frequent request by them in sending ...
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... plantations near New Orleans . The entire business of the trip was placed in Abraham's hands . The fact tells its own story touching the young man's reputa- tion for capacity and integrity . He had never made 34 LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
... plantations near New Orleans . The entire business of the trip was placed in Abraham's hands . The fact tells its own story touching the young man's reputa- tion for capacity and integrity . He had never made 34 LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
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... hand- saw , and a " drawer knife . " The doors and floor were made of puncheons , and the gable ends of the structure boarded up with plank " rived " by Abraham's hand out of oak timber . The nails used - and they were very few - were ...
... hand- saw , and a " drawer knife . " The doors and floor were made of puncheons , and the gable ends of the structure boarded up with plank " rived " by Abraham's hand out of oak timber . The nails used - and they were very few - were ...
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