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... heart than the consolidation of our Union , which , in his letter to Congress transmitting the Constitution , he de- clared to be the greatest interest of every true Ameri- But another person was needed , of different birth and simpler ...
... heart than the consolidation of our Union , which , in his letter to Congress transmitting the Constitution , he de- clared to be the greatest interest of every true Ameri- But another person was needed , of different birth and simpler ...
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... loneliness and desolation of that sad bereavement passed away . Her lessons of divinest wisdom he kept stored in his heart , and all her hallowed influence was eternally sealed upon his soul by her de- 18 ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
... loneliness and desolation of that sad bereavement passed away . Her lessons of divinest wisdom he kept stored in his heart , and all her hallowed influence was eternally sealed upon his soul by her de- 18 ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
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... heart ; and he thus daily grew more and more to be of the very spirit of which heroic leaders and wise counsellors are made . God was fitting him , even in his childhood and his youth , for the very work which was before him . Bishop ...
... heart ; and he thus daily grew more and more to be of the very spirit of which heroic leaders and wise counsellors are made . God was fitting him , even in his childhood and his youth , for the very work which was before him . Bishop ...
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... heart of the Re- public ; and , invigorated by the wind which swept over its prairies , he learned lessons of self - reliance which sus- tained him in seasons of adversity . " Bishop Simpson's allusion to Abraham's efforts on the broad ...
... heart of the Re- public ; and , invigorated by the wind which swept over its prairies , he learned lessons of self - reliance which sus- tained him in seasons of adversity . " Bishop Simpson's allusion to Abraham's efforts on the broad ...
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... heart , these were his visible possessions , together with that unconscious character and intelligence which his country afterward learned to prize . In the long history of ' worth depressed , ' there is no instance of such a con- trast ...
... heart , these were his visible possessions , together with that unconscious character and intelligence which his country afterward learned to prize . In the long history of ' worth depressed , ' there is no instance of such a con- trast ...
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