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... interest of every true Ameri- But another person was needed , of different birth and simpler life , to represent the ideas which were now assailed . ” * can . There were not a few contrasts - in origin , in early life , in condition and ...
... interest of every true Ameri- But another person was needed , of different birth and simpler life , to represent the ideas which were now assailed . ” * can . There were not a few contrasts - in origin , in early life , in condition and ...
Page 38
... interest in public events transpiring in his native land . Early in the year 1832 the Black - Hawk War commenced , and the Governor of Illinois called for volunteer troops . Young Lincoln , with patriotic ardor , was the first to place ...
... interest in public events transpiring in his native land . Early in the year 1832 the Black - Hawk War commenced , and the Governor of Illinois called for volunteer troops . Young Lincoln , with patriotic ardor , was the first to place ...
Page 50
... interest , should set up the doctrine , that none but rich men , or none but white men , or none but Anglo- Saxon white men , were entitled to life , liberty , and the pursuit of happiness , their posterity might look up again to the ...
... interest , should set up the doctrine , that none but rich men , or none but white men , or none but Anglo- Saxon white men , were entitled to life , liberty , and the pursuit of happiness , their posterity might look up again to the ...
Page 55
... interests of the colored man ; and for about forty minutes he spoke with a power that we have seldom heard equalled . There was a grandeur in his thoughts , a com- prehensiveness in his arguments , and a binding force in his conclusions ...
... interests of the colored man ; and for about forty minutes he spoke with a power that we have seldom heard equalled . There was a grandeur in his thoughts , a com- prehensiveness in his arguments , and a binding force in his conclusions ...
Page 83
... interests , and sections of the people , he marched , side by side with the advancing hosts of the best and most discerning , in the direction where Divine Providence pointed the way . ' 11 Yet he could not conscientiously counsel war ...
... interests , and sections of the people , he marched , side by side with the advancing hosts of the best and most discerning , in the direction where Divine Providence pointed the way . ' 11 Yet he could not conscientiously counsel war ...
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