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... tion of Abraham Lincoln as a rail - splitter is as follows : " During the sitting of the Republican State Convention at Decatur , a banner attached to two of these rails , and bearing an appropriate inscription , was brought into the ...
... tion of Abraham Lincoln as a rail - splitter is as follows : " During the sitting of the Republican State Convention at Decatur , a banner attached to two of these rails , and bearing an appropriate inscription , was brought into the ...
Page 37
... tion to the highest office in the gift of the nation ; and at that same time he expressed his opinion in regard to free labor , in the same straightforward , though rather in- elegant manner . His words may as well be quoted here . They ...
... tion to the highest office in the gift of the nation ; and at that same time he expressed his opinion in regard to free labor , in the same straightforward , though rather in- elegant manner . His words may as well be quoted here . They ...
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... tion , made up for much of the deficiency of his early education . He analyzed all he read , and gave up noth- ing till he had thoroughly mastered it . This gave him a correctness and precision of thought which never failed him ...
... tion , made up for much of the deficiency of his early education . He analyzed all he read , and gave up noth- ing till he had thoroughly mastered it . This gave him a correctness and precision of thought which never failed him ...
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... tion by comforting the widowed and fatherless . Three times was Mr. Lincoln , after this , elected to the Legislature , and there commenced his political acquaint- ance with Stephen A. Douglas . He then remained several years in private ...
... tion by comforting the widowed and fatherless . Three times was Mr. Lincoln , after this , elected to the Legislature , and there commenced his political acquaint- ance with Stephen A. Douglas . He then remained several years in private ...
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... tion , and his features begin their play , he would be chosen from among a crowd as one who had in him not only the kindly sentiments which women love , but the heavier metal of which full - grown men and presidents are 5 * PREPARATION ...
... tion , and his features begin their play , he would be chosen from among a crowd as one who had in him not only the kindly sentiments which women love , but the heavier metal of which full - grown men and presidents are 5 * PREPARATION ...
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