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... Washington , side by side with hers will it write the name of the mother of Abraham Lincoln . The parallel between Washington and Lincoln does not linger here . It pauses not till the bells toll a requiem , and a nation once more weeps ...
... Washington , side by side with hers will it write the name of the mother of Abraham Lincoln . The parallel between Washington and Lincoln does not linger here . It pauses not till the bells toll a requiem , and a nation once more weeps ...
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... Washington was the natural representative of na- tional independence . He might also have represented national unity , had this principle been challenged to bloody battle during his life ; for nothing was nearer his heart than the ...
... Washington was the natural representative of na- tional independence . He might also have represented national unity , had this principle been challenged to bloody battle during his life ; for nothing was nearer his heart than the ...
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... , would gladly follow such a path , sure as he was that his own dear mother would be one of the shining ones to greet him on the heavenly shore . He pored over such books as the " Lives of Clay and Washington , " till 20 ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
... , would gladly follow such a path , sure as he was that his own dear mother would be one of the shining ones to greet him on the heavenly shore . He pored over such books as the " Lives of Clay and Washington , " till 20 ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
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... Washington , ' were his favorites . In these we recognize the works which gave the bias to his character , and which partly moulded his style . His early life , with its varied strug- gles , joined him indissolubly to the working masses ...
... Washington , ' were his favorites . In these we recognize the works which gave the bias to his character , and which partly moulded his style . His early life , with its varied strug- gles , joined him indissolubly to the working masses ...
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... Washington , and Franklin , and Clay , lived for Abraham Lincoln , as well as for others whom they have influenced in the paths of honor and virtue . And the tinker of Bedford , whose immortal allegory wreathes its author's head with ...
... Washington , and Franklin , and Clay , lived for Abraham Lincoln , as well as for others whom they have influenced in the paths of honor and virtue . And the tinker of Bedford , whose immortal allegory wreathes its author's head with ...
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