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... have not attempted to disguise or conceal my own personal partial- ity for Mr. Lincoln , and my thorough sympathy with the political principles to which his life was devoted . Though unconscious of any partiality for a party , capable of.
... have not attempted to disguise or conceal my own personal partial- ity for Mr. Lincoln , and my thorough sympathy with the political principles to which his life was devoted . Though unconscious of any partiality for a party , capable of.
Page 6
... principles , policies and men , which prevailed during Mr. Lincoln's active political life , it is impos- sible to utter any judgment which will not have a bearing up- on the party politics of the time . Thus , the only alternative of ...
... principles , policies and men , which prevailed during Mr. Lincoln's active political life , it is impos- sible to utter any judgment which will not have a bearing up- on the party politics of the time . Thus , the only alternative of ...
Page 59
... principles which he represented . In a state overwhelmingly democratic , he took his position with the minority , and steadily adhered to the opposition against all the temptations to quick and certain success which desertion would ...
... principles which he represented . In a state overwhelmingly democratic , he took his position with the minority , and steadily adhered to the opposition against all the temptations to quick and certain success which desertion would ...
Page 77
... principles of law , and was coming to be recognized by the best lawyers as their peer ; but his education was too defective at the first to make him anything better than what is called “ a case lawyer . ” He studied his cases with great ...
... principles of law , and was coming to be recognized by the best lawyers as their peer ; but his education was too defective at the first to make him anything better than what is called “ a case lawyer . ” He studied his cases with great ...
Page 79
... principles of law , he was looked upon by them as a very remarkable advocate . No man in Illinois had such power before a jury as he . This was a fact universally admitted . The elements of his power as an advocate were perfect lucidity ...
... principles of law , he was looked upon by them as a very remarkable advocate . No man in Illinois had such power before a jury as he . This was a fact universally admitted . The elements of his power as an advocate were perfect lucidity ...
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