Lincoln the Politician: How the Rail-splitter and Flatboatman Played the Great American Game |
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... success . Besides what we see in the newspapers , I have a good deal of private correspondence ; and without giving details , I will only say it all looks very favorable to our success . " This was justified by the States that had ...
... success . Besides what we see in the newspapers , I have a good deal of private correspondence ; and without giving details , I will only say it all looks very favorable to our success . " This was justified by the States that had ...
Page 304
... successful , or till I die , or am conquered , or my term expires , or Congress or the country forsake me ; and I ... success . " To accomplish this " we require without delay 150,000 men , including those recently called for by the ...
... successful , or till I die , or am conquered , or my term expires , or Congress or the country forsake me ; and I ... success . " To accomplish this " we require without delay 150,000 men , including those recently called for by the ...
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... success . Indeed he was often doubtful , but he had come to the stand where he would have success on no lines but those which kept the situa- tion in his hands and left him free to shape the reconstruction of the Union . That he ...
... success . Indeed he was often doubtful , but he had come to the stand where he would have success on no lines but those which kept the situa- tion in his hands and left him free to shape the reconstruction of the Union . That he ...
Contents
Shaky | 186 |
Three to One You Dont Get | 192 |
The Inside Track | 208 |
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