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Page 27
... doubt that he learned at an early age to use it effectually . Indeed , his muscles were formed and hardened by this exercise , continued through all the years of his young manhood . It has already been stated that he had no taste for ...
... doubt that he learned at an early age to use it effectually . Indeed , his muscles were formed and hardened by this exercise , continued through all the years of his young manhood . It has already been stated that he had no taste for ...
Page 30
... doubt that he returned to his cabin - home deeply impressed by all that he had heard . It was the rounding up for him of the influences of a Christian mother's life and teachings . It recalled her sweet and patient example , her ...
... doubt that he returned to his cabin - home deeply impressed by all that he had heard . It was the rounding up for him of the influences of a Christian mother's life and teachings . It recalled her sweet and patient example , her ...
Page 41
... doubt ; and it is strongly probable that it was the first sum- mer he spent in Illinois . The expectation of the family to find a more healthy location than the one they had left was sadly disappointed . In the autumn of that year , all ...
... doubt ; and it is strongly probable that it was the first sum- mer he spent in Illinois . The expectation of the family to find a more healthy location than the one they had left was sadly disappointed . In the autumn of that year , all ...
Page 49
... doubt- less hoped to receive reinforcements . Warned back by Gen- eral Atkinson , then commanding the United States troops on Rock Island , he returned a defiant message , and kept on . In this threatening aspect of affairs , Governor ...
... doubt- less hoped to receive reinforcements . Warned back by Gen- eral Atkinson , then commanding the United States troops on Rock Island , he returned a defiant message , and kept on . In this threatening aspect of affairs , Governor ...
Page 59
... doubt that at this time he had begun to think of political life . He was , at least , thoroughly conversant with the politics of his own state and of the country . There was not a more diligent reader of political newspapers than he ...
... doubt that at this time he had begun to think of political life . He was , at least , thoroughly conversant with the politics of his own state and of the country . There was not a more diligent reader of political newspapers than he ...
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