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Page 6
... interest of a party , I must take what comes of it . I have tried to paint the character of Mr. Lincoln , and to sketch his life , clinging closely to his side ; giving attention to cotemporaneous history no further than it has seemed ...
... interest of a party , I must take what comes of it . I have tried to paint the character of Mr. Lincoln , and to sketch his life , clinging closely to his side ; giving attention to cotemporaneous history no further than it has seemed ...
Page 7
... interest in my book ; to Newton Bateman , Esq . , Superintend- ent of Public Instruction in Illinois ; to James Q. Howard , Esq . , United States Consul at St. John , New Brunswick ; to Hon . John D. Defrees , Superintendent of Public ...
... interest in my book ; to Newton Bateman , Esq . , Superintend- ent of Public Instruction in Illinois ; to James Q. Howard , Esq . , United States Consul at St. John , New Brunswick ; to Hon . John D. Defrees , Superintendent of Public ...
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... Interest in the Christian Commis- sion - Anecdotes - Visit of Two Hundred Members of the Christian Commission- Remarks of Mr. Stuart , and the President's Reply - Mr . Lincoln's Interview with Rev. J. T. Duryea - His Interest in the ...
... Interest in the Christian Commis- sion - Anecdotes - Visit of Two Hundred Members of the Christian Commission- Remarks of Mr. Stuart , and the President's Reply - Mr . Lincoln's Interview with Rev. J. T. Duryea - His Interest in the ...
Page 17
... 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 spread its leaves so ...
... 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 spread its leaves so ...
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... interest to the American people . " My early history , " said he , " is perfectly characterized by a single line of Gray's Elegy : The short and simple annals of the poor . " " His judgment then was measurably just ; but events have set ...
... interest to the American people . " My early history , " said he , " is perfectly characterized by a single line of Gray's Elegy : The short and simple annals of the poor . " " His judgment then was measurably just ; but events have set ...
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