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Page 23
... thing , at least , showed himself more wisely provident than the majority of his neighbors . He de- termined , at any possible sacrifice , to give his children the best education that the schools of the locality afforded . Mrs. Lincoln ...
... thing , at least , showed himself more wisely provident than the majority of his neighbors . He de- termined , at any possible sacrifice , to give his children the best education that the schools of the locality afforded . Mrs. Lincoln ...
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... thing , " continued he , " but it was a most important incident in my life . I could scarcely believe that I , a poor boy , had earned a dollar in less than a day . The world seemed wider and fairer before me . I was a more hopeful and ...
... thing , " continued he , " but it was a most important incident in my life . I could scarcely believe that I , a poor boy , had earned a dollar in less than a day . The world seemed wider and fairer before me . I was a more hopeful and ...
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... thing of art . And this was the secret of all his subsequent intel- lectual successes . He succeeded because he had himself and all his resources completely in hand ; for he was not , and never became an educated man , in the common ...
... thing of art . And this was the secret of all his subsequent intel- lectual successes . He succeeded because he had himself and all his resources completely in hand ; for he was not , and never became an educated man , in the common ...
Page 65
... thing of an improvement upon former days . A gentleman now living in Chicago , then a resident of Coles County , * met him at that time , or very soon afterwards , and says that he was dressed in plain mixed jeans , his coat being of ...
... thing of an improvement upon former days . A gentleman now living in Chicago , then a resident of Coles County , * met him at that time , or very soon afterwards , and says that he was dressed in plain mixed jeans , his coat being of ...
Page 73
... things could have touched him but little when placed by the side of a few cabin homes , presided over by noble women who , with womanly instinct , had detected the manliness of his nature , and had given him a home " for his company ...
... things could have touched him but little when placed by the side of a few cabin homes , presided over by noble women who , with womanly instinct , had detected the manliness of his nature , and had given him a home " for his company ...
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