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... Success as a Speaker - Anecdote related by Rev. J. P. Gulliver - Mr . Lincoln Visits his Son at Cambridge , and returns to Illi nois , 195 CHAPTER XV . PRESIDENTIAL CONVENTIONS OF 1860.—MR. LINCOLN'S NOMINATION . State of the Country in ...
... Success as a Speaker - Anecdote related by Rev. J. P. Gulliver - Mr . Lincoln Visits his Son at Cambridge , and returns to Illi nois , 195 CHAPTER XV . PRESIDENTIAL CONVENTIONS OF 1860.—MR. LINCOLN'S NOMINATION . State of the Country in ...
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... success having no power to excite in him the passion for hunting . Among the most untoward circumstances , Thomas Lincoln embraced every opportunity to give Abraham an education . At different periods , all of them brief , he attended ...
... success having no power to excite in him the passion for hunting . Among the most untoward circumstances , Thomas Lincoln embraced every opportunity to give Abraham an education . At different periods , all of them brief , he attended ...
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... successful end . The cargo , or " load , " as they called it , was all disposed of for money , the boat itself sold for lumber , and the young men retraced the passage , partly , at least , on shore and on foot , occupying several weeks ...
... successful end . The cargo , or " load , " as they called it , was all disposed of for money , the boat itself sold for lumber , and the young men retraced the passage , partly , at least , on shore and on foot , occupying several weeks ...
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... successes . He succeeded because he had himself and all his resources completely in hand ; for he was not , and never became an educated man , in the common meaning of that phrase . He could train all his force upon any point , and it ...
... successes . He succeeded because he had himself and all his resources completely in hand ; for he was not , and never became an educated man , in the common meaning of that phrase . He could train all his force upon any point , and it ...
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... successful side , until Lincoln's op- ponent in the friendly strife was left standing almost alone . " I felt badly ... success of his life had given him half the satisfaction that this election did . He had achieved public recognition ...
... successful side , until Lincoln's op- ponent in the friendly strife was left standing almost alone . " I felt badly ... success of his life had given him half the satisfaction that this election did . He had achieved public recognition ...
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