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Page 39
... speaking of Mr. Lincoln as a clerk and manager , " He soon made his mark : an attempt of a gang of the bullies of the place to give him a beating resulted in the defeat of their champion by the tall sinewy stranger , who at once became ...
... speaking of Mr. Lincoln as a clerk and manager , " He soon made his mark : an attempt of a gang of the bullies of the place to give him a beating resulted in the defeat of their champion by the tall sinewy stranger , who at once became ...
Page 41
... speak , drive the stakes of their tent in the Capitol of the nation , and stretch the chain of their in- fluence over the whole broad country . But God " put- teth down one , and setteth up another ; " and he upon whose brow God has ...
... speak , drive the stakes of their tent in the Capitol of the nation , and stretch the chain of their in- fluence over the whole broad country . But God " put- teth down one , and setteth up another ; " and he upon whose brow God has ...
Page 54
... speaking : " As a speaker , he is ready , precise , and fluent . His manner before a popular assembly is as he pleases to make it , being either superlatively ludicrous or very im pressive . He employs but little gesticulation , but ...
... speaking : " As a speaker , he is ready , precise , and fluent . His manner before a popular assembly is as he pleases to make it , being either superlatively ludicrous or very im pressive . He employs but little gesticulation , but ...
Page 68
... speak not of the position assigned to a State in the Union by the Constitution , for that is a bond we all recognize . That position , however , a State can- not carry out of the Union with it . I speak of that as- sumed primary right ...
... speak not of the position assigned to a State in the Union by the Constitution , for that is a bond we all recognize . That position , however , a State can- not carry out of the Union with it . I speak of that as- sumed primary right ...
Page 71
... speak in detail of the course I shall deem it best to pursue . It is proper that I should avail myself of all the information and all the time at my command , in order that , when the time arrives in which I must speak officially , I ...
... speak in detail of the course I shall deem it best to pursue . It is proper that I should avail myself of all the information and all the time at my command , in order that , when the time arrives in which I must speak officially , I ...
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