Latest Light on Abraham Lincoln, and War-time Memories: Including Many Heretofore Unpublished Incidents and Historical Facts Concerning His Ancestry, Boyhood, Family, Religion, Public Life, Trials and Triumphs, Volume 1Fleming H. Revell Company, 1917 -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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... heart throbs of the writer . Good news can never come too often and this is a book of good news which we will never tire of reading . It tells us what we always believed was true about Lincoln and the proofs are so conclusive that no ...
... heart throbs of the writer . Good news can never come too often and this is a book of good news which we will never tire of reading . It tells us what we always believed was true about Lincoln and the proofs are so conclusive that no ...
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... heart , so much logical acuteness with such almost childlike simplicity and ingenuousness of nature , so much candor to weigh the wisdom of others , with so much tenacity to retain his own judgment , were rarely before united in one ...
... heart , so much logical acuteness with such almost childlike simplicity and ingenuousness of nature , so much candor to weigh the wisdom of others , with so much tenacity to retain his own judgment , were rarely before united in one ...
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... heart and mind ; as brave and fearless as had been his father ; and as amiable and gentle as was his mother . He was tall and of great width of shoulders , with neck , chest and limbs fitted to grapple with the heavy tasks of the ...
... heart and mind ; as brave and fearless as had been his father ; and as amiable and gentle as was his mother . He was tall and of great width of shoulders , with neck , chest and limbs fitted to grapple with the heavy tasks of the ...
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... hearts and consciences of her children . " There had ever been loving intimacy and sympathy be- tween Mrs. Lincoln and her children . She had discerned what the father had not seen in their boy , a nature rich and rare ; kindness of heart ...
... hearts and consciences of her children . " There had ever been loving intimacy and sympathy be- tween Mrs. Lincoln and her children . She had discerned what the father had not seen in their boy , a nature rich and rare ; kindness of heart ...
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... heart . " ' 14 " Joseph Hanks , Nancy's brother , was a man of sterling honesty , undoubted courage and high worth . He always spoke of his angel sister Nancy with reverent emotion . " 15 " Simple as the home was , and hard as the work ...
... heart . " ' 14 " Joseph Hanks , Nancy's brother , was a man of sterling honesty , undoubted courage and high worth . He always spoke of his angel sister Nancy with reverent emotion . " 15 " Simple as the home was , and hard as the work ...
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