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... Practical Expedients - Anec- dote - Mr . Lincoln was a Religious Man - His Faith in Divine Providence - His Log- ical and Reasoning Powers - He was Child - like , CHAPTER VI . MR . LINCOLN IN THE ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE . 58 Mr. Lincoln ...
... Practical Expedients - Anec- dote - Mr . Lincoln was a Religious Man - His Faith in Divine Providence - His Log- ical and Reasoning Powers - He was Child - like , CHAPTER VI . MR . LINCOLN IN THE ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE . 58 Mr. Lincoln ...
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... practical humanity at this early period of his life may be recorded . One evening , while returning from a " raising " in his wide neighborhood , with a number of companions , he discovered a straying horse , with saddle and bridle upon ...
... practical humanity at this early period of his life may be recorded . One evening , while returning from a " raising " in his wide neighborhood , with a number of companions , he discovered a straying horse , with saddle and bridle upon ...
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... practical sagacity , and achieving a place in the good will and respect of all with whom he came in contact , the thirteen years of his life in Indiana wore away . With a constitution as firm and flexible as whip - cord , he had arrived ...
... practical sagacity , and achieving a place in the good will and respect of all with whom he came in contact , the thirteen years of his life in Indiana wore away . With a constitution as firm and flexible as whip - cord , he had arrived ...
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... practical education , and to the develop- ment of all those peculiar powers that were latent within him . Ile was loyal to his convictions . There is no doubt that at this time he had begun to think of political life . He was , at least ...
... practical education , and to the develop- ment of all those peculiar powers that were latent within him . Ile was loyal to his convictions . There is no doubt that at this time he had begun to think of political life . He was , at least ...
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... he felt kindly toward every man . People were glad to see him rise , because it seemed just that he should rise . Indeed , all seemed glad to help him along . He was a man of practical expedients . He always 60 LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
... he felt kindly toward every man . People were glad to see him rise , because it seemed just that he should rise . Indeed , all seemed glad to help him along . He was a man of practical expedients . He always 60 LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
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