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... hand , that there might be safety for him and his should the wild war - whoop of the savage Indian break upon his slumbers . These merciless " lords of the forest " manifest- ed intense hostility to the " pale - faces , " and with ...
... hand , that there might be safety for him and his should the wild war - whoop of the savage Indian break upon his slumbers . These merciless " lords of the forest " manifest- ed intense hostility to the " pale - faces , " and with ...
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... hands the power to do these two great things , he left them to use that power or not , as they pleased . But , under this apathetic and incompetent teacher , Abraham was not destined long to stay . His father was a lover of liberty . He ...
... hands the power to do these two great things , he left them to use that power or not , as they pleased . But , under this apathetic and incompetent teacher , Abraham was not destined long to stay . His father was a lover of liberty . He ...
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... hands ; and , with the additional assistance of a neighbor , in two or three days Mr. Lincoln had a neat house of about eighteen feet square , the logs composing which being fastened together in the usual manner by notches , and the ...
... hands ; and , with the additional assistance of a neighbor , in two or three days Mr. Lincoln had a neat house of about eighteen feet square , the logs composing which being fastened together in the usual manner by notches , and the ...
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... hand of God he was especially singled out to guide our Government in these troublesome times ; and it seems to me that the hand of God may be traced in many of the events connected with his history . First , then , I recognize this in ...
... hand of God he was especially singled out to guide our Government in these troublesome times ; and it seems to me that the hand of God may be traced in many of the events connected with his history . First , then , I recognize this in ...
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... hand at the business . Mr. Lincoln has now a cane made from one of the rails split by his own hands in boyhood . ” of Lincoln's early days of poverty and obscurity . He is an honest - looking gentleman , with a silvery beard , about ...
... hand at the business . Mr. Lincoln has now a cane made from one of the rails split by his own hands in boyhood . ” of Lincoln's early days of poverty and obscurity . He is an honest - looking gentleman , with a silvery beard , about ...
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