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Page 15
... memory of the mother of George Washington , side by side with hers will it write the name of the mother of Abraham Lincoln . The parallel between Washington and Lincoln does not linger here . It pauses not till the bells toll a requiem ...
... memory of the mother of George Washington , side by side with hers will it write the name of the mother of Abraham Lincoln . The parallel between Washington and Lincoln does not linger here . It pauses not till the bells toll a requiem ...
Page 19
... memory of a President martyred in its holy cause that his mother's tomb should be honorably distinguished . During the next year after Mrs. Lincoln's death , Abra- ham's father married again , and secured in Mrs. Sally Johnston of ...
... memory of a President martyred in its holy cause that his mother's tomb should be honorably distinguished . During the next year after Mrs. Lincoln's death , Abra- ham's father married again , and secured in Mrs. Sally Johnston of ...
Page 36
... memory , 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 ...
... memory , 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 ...
Page 40
... extensive reading . He is said to have written out a synopsis of every book he read , and thus to have fixed the contents in his memory . F About this time , John Calhoun , afterwards President of 40 ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
... extensive reading . He is said to have written out a synopsis of every book he read , and thus to have fixed the contents in his memory . F About this time , John Calhoun , afterwards President of 40 ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
Page 50
... memory : " These communities , ( the thirteen colonies ) by their representatives in old In- dendence Hall , said to the world of men , ' We hold these truths to be self - evident , that all men are born equal ; that they are endowed by ...
... memory : " These communities , ( the thirteen colonies ) by their representatives in old In- dendence Hall , said to the world of men , ' We hold these truths to be self - evident , that all men are born equal ; that they are endowed by ...
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