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... 57 TROUBLOUS TIMES . CHAPTER V. 81 CHAPTER VI . THE COURSE PURSUED . 92 CHAPTER VII . PECULIAR TRIALS 104 CHAPTER VIII . REMARKABLE DOCUMENTS 116 ANECDOTES CHAPTER IX . 153 CHAPTER X. CHRISTIAN WORDS AND DEEDS . CHOSEN AGAIN 167 7.
... 57 TROUBLOUS TIMES . CHAPTER V. 81 CHAPTER VI . THE COURSE PURSUED . 92 CHAPTER VII . PECULIAR TRIALS 104 CHAPTER VIII . REMARKABLE DOCUMENTS 116 ANECDOTES CHAPTER IX . 153 CHAPTER X. CHRISTIAN WORDS AND DEEDS . CHOSEN AGAIN 167 7.
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... trials , and pursuits ; in all , indeed , that subserves his training and his experience . " Abraham Lincoln became just such a remarkable man , after a youth spent in receiving just the culture of heart and mind needed for his place in ...
... trials , and pursuits ; in all , indeed , that subserves his training and his experience . " Abraham Lincoln became just such a remarkable man , after a youth spent in receiving just the culture of heart and mind needed for his place in ...
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... trials and preplexi- ties of that class among the men he was called to govern . The young man who spent his leisure moments , amid the distractions of mercantile life , in studying grammar and arithmetic , may well be supposed to feel ...
... trials and preplexi- ties of that class among the men he was called to govern . The young man who spent his leisure moments , amid the distractions of mercantile life , in studying grammar and arithmetic , may well be supposed to feel ...
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... trial . As is too often the case , the bloody act caused an undue degree of excite- ment in the public mind . Every improper incident in the life of the prisoner , each act which bore the least semblance of rowdyism , each school - boy ...
... trial . As is too often the case , the bloody act caused an undue degree of excite- ment in the public mind . Every improper incident in the life of the prisoner , each act which bore the least semblance of rowdyism , each school - boy ...
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... trial . He then went studiously to work , unravelling the history of the case , and satisfied himself that his client was the victim of malice , and that the statements of the accuser were a tissue of falsehoods . - When the trial was ...
... trial . He then went studiously to work , unravelling the history of the case , and satisfied himself that his client was the victim of malice , and that the statements of the accuser were a tissue of falsehoods . - When the trial was ...
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