Abraham Lincoln: A Biography, by Benjamin P. Thomas |
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Page 65
... living with his brain instead of his hands . He could do this more easily at New Salem than in an older established community , because humble origin and lack of schooling did not handicap him . They were common deficien- cies . No ...
... living with his brain instead of his hands . He could do this more easily at New Salem than in an older established community , because humble origin and lack of schooling did not handicap him . They were common deficien- cies . No ...
Page 197
... living proof of the chance for personal improvement offered by a system of free en- terprise . If the factory system already tended to shackle the laboring man , Lincoln did not seem to be aware of it . The North- ern laborer was surely ...
... living proof of the chance for personal improvement offered by a system of free en- terprise . If the factory system already tended to shackle the laboring man , Lincoln did not seem to be aware of it . The North- ern laborer was surely ...
Page 402
... living and dead , who struggled here , have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract . The world will little note , nor long remember , what we say here , but it can never forget what they did here . It is for us , the ...
... living and dead , who struggled here , have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract . The world will little note , nor long remember , what we say here , but it can never forget what they did here . It is for us , the ...
Contents
The Short and Simple Annals of the Poor | 3 |
Young Man on His Own | 23 |
His Love Affairs | 44 |
Copyright | |
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