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... seemed necessary to reveal his connection with public events ; and re - producing his letters , speeches and state - papers to no greater extent than they were deemed requisite to illustrate his personal character , to throw light upon ...
... seemed necessary to reveal his connection with public events ; and re - producing his letters , speeches and state - papers to no greater extent than they were deemed requisite to illustrate his personal character , to throw light upon ...
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... but , upon being applied to for materials for this sketch , by the gentle- man who had undertaken to produce it , he seemed oppressed J. L. Scripps , Esq . , of Chicago . * with a sense of their tameness and lowliness , and 2.
... but , upon being applied to for materials for this sketch , by the gentle- man who had undertaken to produce it , he seemed oppressed J. L. Scripps , Esq . , of Chicago . * with a sense of their tameness and lowliness , and 2.
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... seemed to him so common - place and mean , with a profound and tender in- terest . ABRAHAM LINCOLN was born in that part of Hardin County , Kentucky , now embraced by the lines of the recently formed county of Larue , on the 12th of ...
... seemed to him so common - place and mean , with a profound and tender in- terest . ABRAHAM LINCOLN was born in that part of Hardin County , Kentucky , now embraced by the lines of the recently formed county of Larue , on the 12th of ...
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... seemed only to sharp- en the spirit of adventure , and to attract rather than repel immigration . Among those for whom " The Country of Kentucky " had its savage charms was Abraham Lincoln , the grandfather of the President , then ...
... seemed only to sharp- en the spirit of adventure , and to attract rather than repel immigration . Among those for whom " The Country of Kentucky " had its savage charms was Abraham Lincoln , the grandfather of the President , then ...
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... seemed wider and fairer before me . I was a more hopeful and confident being from that time . " A little incident occurred during these hard years in Indiana which illustrates the straits to which the settlers were subjected . At one ...
... seemed wider and fairer before me . I was a more hopeful and confident being from that time . " A little incident occurred during these hard years in Indiana which illustrates the straits to which the settlers were subjected . At one ...
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