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... close attention , and speech - making powers , by mounting a stump and rehearsing the ser- mon . The young orator was overheard by his teacher , and won his admiration and applause as well as that of his fellow - pupils . Little did any ...
... close attention , and speech - making powers , by mounting a stump and rehearsing the ser- mon . The young orator was overheard by his teacher , and won his admiration and applause as well as that of his fellow - pupils . Little did any ...
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... close applica- tion , made up for much of the deficiency of his early education . He analyzed all he read , and gave up noth- ing till he had thoroughly mastered it . This gave him a correctness and precision of thought which never ...
... close applica- tion , made up for much of the deficiency of his early education . He analyzed all he read , and gave up noth- ing till he had thoroughly mastered it . This gave him a correctness and precision of thought which never ...
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... close attention , and the ability to concentrate his thoughts , he readily made what he read his own . " Thus Lincoln began and continued the study of law , alternating his time between surveying and study ; go- ing to Springfield for ...
... close attention , and the ability to concentrate his thoughts , he readily made what he read his own . " Thus Lincoln began and continued the study of law , alternating his time between surveying and study ; go- ing to Springfield for ...
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... close by the blood of the Revolution . Think nothing of me , take no thought for the political fate of any man whomsoever , but come back to the truths that are in the Declaration of Independence . - " You may do any thing with me that ...
... close by the blood of the Revolution . Think nothing of me , take no thought for the political fate of any man whomsoever , but come back to the truths that are in the Declaration of Independence . - " You may do any thing with me that ...
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... close . It has been conclu- sively shown that the growing man was preparing for the advancing era . Bishop Simpson stated in his funeral address , that , " as early as 1839 , Mr. Lincoln presented resolutions in the Legislature asking ...
... close . It has been conclu- sively shown that the growing man was preparing for the advancing era . Bishop Simpson stated in his funeral address , that , " as early as 1839 , Mr. Lincoln presented resolutions in the Legislature asking ...
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