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... position in the gift of the American people , and who dwells in the White House at Wash- ington , surrounded by all the comforts that wealth and power can give , slumbered , with one coarse blanket for his mattress , and another for his ...
... position in the gift of the American people , and who dwells in the White House at Wash- ington , surrounded by all the comforts that wealth and power can give , slumbered , with one coarse blanket for his mattress , and another for his ...
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... by violent storms , their craft floated down the stream , its helmsmen never for a mo- ment losing their spirits , or regretting their acceptance of the positions they occupied . Nothing occurred to mar. 22 ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
... by violent storms , their craft floated down the stream , its helmsmen never for a mo- ment losing their spirits , or regretting their acceptance of the positions they occupied . Nothing occurred to mar. 22 ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
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His Life and Public Services Phebe Ann Hanaford. of the positions they occupied . Nothing occurred to mar the success of the trip , nor the excitement naturally incident to a flatboat expedition of some eighteen hun- dred miles , save a ...
His Life and Public Services Phebe Ann Hanaford. of the positions they occupied . Nothing occurred to mar the success of the trip , nor the excitement naturally incident to a flatboat expedition of some eighteen hun- dred miles , save a ...
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... position , but by permitting him to be inured to toil and hardship and bereavement , and thus to " Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong . " * Day by day , amid the peculiar circumstances of his early days and opening ...
... position , but by permitting him to be inured to toil and hardship and bereavement , and thus to " Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong . " * Day by day , amid the peculiar circumstances of his early days and opening ...
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... position , and one which gave him intense pleasure from the opportunity of reading it afforded him ; and it is not a little remarkable that he began life , we may say , by serving the General Government in a civil , and soon after in a ...
... position , and one which gave him intense pleasure from the opportunity of reading it afforded him ; and it is not a little remarkable that he began life , we may say , by serving the General Government in a civil , and soon after in a ...
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