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... never learned anything of letters except those which composed his own name . This he could write clumsily , but legibly , and this he did write without any knowledge of the names and powers of the letters which composed it . While a lad ...
... never learned anything of letters except those which composed his own name . This he could write clumsily , but legibly , and this he did write without any knowledge of the names and powers of the letters which composed it . While a lad ...
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... never drew his infant life from a purer or more womanly bosom than her own ; and Mr. Lincoln always looked back to her with an unspeakable affection . Long after her sensitive heart and weary hands had crumbled into dust , and had ...
... never drew his infant life from a purer or more womanly bosom than her own ; and Mr. Lincoln always looked back to her with an unspeakable affection . Long after her sensitive heart and weary hands had crumbled into dust , and had ...
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... never attributed his father's desire to remove from Kentucky to his dislike of slavery , as a principal motive . Kentucky , more than most of the new states , was cursed with defective land - titles . Daniel Boone himself , with ...
... never attributed his father's desire to remove from Kentucky to his dislike of slavery , as a principal motive . Kentucky , more than most of the new states , was cursed with defective land - titles . Daniel Boone himself , with ...
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... never wore away during all the eventful years that followed . His delicate mother bent to the dust under the burden of life which circumstances had imposed upon her . A quick consumption seized her , and her life went out in the ...
... never wore away during all the eventful years that followed . His delicate mother bent to the dust under the burden of life which circumstances had imposed upon her . A quick consumption seized her , and her life went out in the ...
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... whom he associated . In physical strength and sundry athletic feats , he was the master of them all . Never quarrelsome or disposed to make an unpleasant show of his prowess , he was ready to help all 32 LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
... whom he associated . In physical strength and sundry athletic feats , he was the master of them all . Never quarrelsome or disposed to make an unpleasant show of his prowess , he was ready to help all 32 LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
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