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... character of the great and good man who has fallen among us ; delineating , as far as possible in narrating the events of his life , the growth and development of those grand and heroic virtues which stamp him with the unmistakable seal ...
... character of the great and good man who has fallen among us ; delineating , as far as possible in narrating the events of his life , the growth and development of those grand and heroic virtues which stamp him with the unmistakable seal ...
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... character and life of the Martyr - President , —the labor spent in its preparation will not have been in vain , and to God will be ascribed the glory . P. A. H. READING , MASS . CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. EARLY DAYS IN OBSCURITY ... CULTURE ...
... character and life of the Martyr - President , —the labor spent in its preparation will not have been in vain , and to God will be ascribed the glory . P. A. H. READING , MASS . CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. EARLY DAYS IN OBSCURITY ... CULTURE ...
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... character of the child and the man . The spelling - book was the key to unlock for him all the treasures of knowledge he afterward made his own . From Esop's lesson - fraught fables , soon after presented to him , he gained the aptness ...
... character of the child and the man . The spelling - book was the key to unlock for him all the treasures of knowledge he afterward made his own . From Esop's lesson - fraught fables , soon after presented to him , he gained the aptness ...
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... character for integrity and honesty . Its effect may be traced in the following story , which bids fair to become as never - failing an accompaniment to a Life of Lincoln as the hatchet case to that of Wash- ington : - " Mr. Crawford ...
... character for integrity and honesty . Its effect may be traced in the following story , which bids fair to become as never - failing an accompaniment to a Life of Lincoln as the hatchet case to that of Wash- ington : - " Mr. Crawford ...
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... character- istic energy and industry he faithfully improved . " Af ter a few weeks of practice under the eye of his in- structor , and also out of doors with a piece of chalk or charred stick , he was able to write his name , and in ...
... character- istic energy and industry he faithfully improved . " Af ter a few weeks of practice under the eye of his in- structor , and also out of doors with a piece of chalk or charred stick , he was able to write his name , and in ...
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