Latest Light on Abraham Lincoln, and War-time Memories: Including Many Heretofore Unpublished Incidents and Historical Facts Concerning His Ancestry, Boyhood, Family, Religion, Public Life, Trials and Triumphs, Volume 1Fleming H. Revell Company, 1917 -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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... standing to the traffic in strong drink . That address on " A Stainless Flag " is not outranked in power and eloquence by either Neal Dow or John B. Gough . As the doctrines of Abraham Lincoln prepared Doctor Chap- man for his great ...
... standing to the traffic in strong drink . That address on " A Stainless Flag " is not outranked in power and eloquence by either Neal Dow or John B. Gough . As the doctrines of Abraham Lincoln prepared Doctor Chap- man for his great ...
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... standing upon a platform delivering an address . John G. Nicolay , who for years knew Mr. Lincoln intimately in Illinois and was his chief private secretary during his Presidency , says : " It must be borne in 44 LATEST LIGHT ON ABRAHAM ...
... standing upon a platform delivering an address . John G. Nicolay , who for years knew Mr. Lincoln intimately in Illinois and was his chief private secretary during his Presidency , says : " It must be borne in 44 LATEST LIGHT ON ABRAHAM ...
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... standing or moving about with other men , he was absolutely and always in a class by himself , as was realized by those who saw him in company and as shown by all photographs in which he ap- pears as one of a group . In a picture taken ...
... standing or moving about with other men , he was absolutely and always in a class by himself , as was realized by those who saw him in company and as shown by all photographs in which he ap- pears as one of a group . In a picture taken ...
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... standing figure he was seen to best advantage on the orator's platform . At certain moments , when , in summing up a connected series of logical proposi- tions , he brought them together into a demonstration of un- answerable argument ...
... standing figure he was seen to best advantage on the orator's platform . At certain moments , when , in summing up a connected series of logical proposi- tions , he brought them together into a demonstration of un- answerable argument ...
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... standing he had an artless and unconscious dignity of which there could be no counterfeit or imitation , and every movement however slight or considerable was gracefully pleasing and impressive . There have been published some very ...
... standing he had an artless and unconscious dignity of which there could be no counterfeit or imitation , and every movement however slight or considerable was gracefully pleasing and impressive . There have been published some very ...
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