Latest Light on Abraham Lincoln, and War-time Memories: Including Many Heretofore Unpublished Incidents and Historical Facts Concerning His Ancestry, Boyhood, Family, Religion, Public Life, Trials and Triumphs, Volume 1Fleming H. Revell Company, 1917 - 570 pages |
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... early life , and which with such con- summate skill he has in this work shown to be the mainspring of the marvelous life of Abraham Lincoln . He has been a preacher of great earnestness and power , with pronounced evangelistic gifts and ...
... early life , and which with such con- summate skill he has in this work shown to be the mainspring of the marvelous life of Abraham Lincoln . He has been a preacher of great earnestness and power , with pronounced evangelistic gifts and ...
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... and opinions relative to his ancestry , early life , family relations , personal appearance , bearing , habits , attitude to reforms , and religious belief and experience have long remained uncorrected to the 8 PREFACE.
... and opinions relative to his ancestry , early life , family relations , personal appearance , bearing , habits , attitude to reforms , and religious belief and experience have long remained uncorrected to the 8 PREFACE.
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... Early pursuit of knowledge .... Stephen A. Douglas ... Mrs. Mary Todd Lincoln .... Tablecloth presented by Mrs. Lincoln . Lincoln in 1861 ..... Lincoln and detective Pinkerton ... 30 32 32 34 36 40 46 50 The greatest among the great ...
... Early pursuit of knowledge .... Stephen A. Douglas ... Mrs. Mary Todd Lincoln .... Tablecloth presented by Mrs. Lincoln . Lincoln in 1861 ..... Lincoln and detective Pinkerton ... 30 32 32 34 36 40 46 50 The greatest among the great ...
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... earliest history moved conspicuously upon a high plane , never lost , never broken and never joined in any unfavorable alliance . The hardships of pushing back the wooded wilderness and redeeming the virgin soil for the use of man ; the ...
... earliest history moved conspicuously upon a high plane , never lost , never broken and never joined in any unfavorable alliance . The hardships of pushing back the wooded wilderness and redeeming the virgin soil for the use of man ; the ...
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... He was not learned in scholarship or books , but he was well and widely educated in the lessons of early pioneer experience and in Christian faith and life . Judge H. C. Whitney tells us that , " William 18 LATEST LIGHT ON ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
... He was not learned in scholarship or books , but he was well and widely educated in the lessons of early pioneer experience and in Christian faith and life . Judge H. C. Whitney tells us that , " William 18 LATEST LIGHT ON ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
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