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Page 23
... possible sacrifice , to give his children the best education that the schools of the locality afforded . Mrs. Lincoln , the mother , was evidently a woman out of place among those primitive surroundings . She was five feet , five inches ...
... possible sacrifice , to give his children the best education that the schools of the locality afforded . Mrs. Lincoln , the mother , was evidently a woman out of place among those primitive surroundings . She was five feet , five inches ...
Page 26
... possible a bee - line for home , where he arrived in due time . It was probably during the absence of the father on his preliminary trip that the mother paid her last tribute of affection to the little one she had buried , by visiting ...
... possible a bee - line for home , where he arrived in due time . It was probably during the absence of the father on his preliminary trip that the mother paid her last tribute of affection to the little one she had buried , by visiting ...
Page 56
... possible time , and he did . Mr. Calhoun lent him a copy of Flint and Gibson , and after a brief period of study , he procured a compass and chain ( the old settlers say that his first chain was a grape - vine , ) and went at his work ...
... possible time , and he did . Mr. Calhoun lent him a copy of Flint and Gibson , and after a brief period of study , he procured a compass and chain ( the old settlers say that his first chain was a grape - vine , ) and went at his work ...
Page 75
... possible phase of every possible subject with which he might have connection . His faculty of finding or making a story to match every event in his history , and every event to which he bore any relation , was really marvelous . That he ...
... possible phase of every possible subject with which he might have connection . His faculty of finding or making a story to match every event in his history , and every event to which he bore any relation , was really marvelous . That he ...
Page 82
... possible that you may not be right , but that is not the ques- tion . The question is as to where the preponderance of evi- dence lies , and you can judge exactly where it lies in your minds , by deciding as to which side you would be ...
... possible that you may not be right , but that is not the ques- tion . The question is as to where the preponderance of evi- dence lies , and you can judge exactly where it lies in your minds , by deciding as to which side you would be ...
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