Life of Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States"Life of Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States" by Frank Crosby. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format. |
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... duties, he neglected no opportunity of strengthening his mind, reading with avidity such instructive works as he could procure — on winter evenings, oftentimes, by the light of the blazing fire-place. As satisfaction for damage ...
... duties, he neglected no opportunity of strengthening his mind, reading with avidity such instructive works as he could procure — on winter evenings, oftentimes, by the light of the blazing fire-place. As satisfaction for damage ...
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... duty to his country, persevering amid peculiar hardships and against the influences of older men around him. With characteristic humor and sarcasm, while commenting, in a Congressional speech during the canvass of 1848, upon the efforts ...
... duty to his country, persevering amid peculiar hardships and against the influences of older men around him. With characteristic humor and sarcasm, while commenting, in a Congressional speech during the canvass of 1848, upon the efforts ...
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... duties, and taking no active part in politics through the period of General Taylor's administration, or in any of the exciting scenes of 1850. The introduction of the Kansas-Nebraska bill by Stephen A. Douglas, in 1854, aroused him from ...
... duties, and taking no active part in politics through the period of General Taylor's administration, or in any of the exciting scenes of 1850. The introduction of the Kansas-Nebraska bill by Stephen A. Douglas, in 1854, aroused him from ...
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Contents
NOMINATED AND ELECTED PRESIDENT | |
TO WASHINGTON | |
THE NEW ADMINISTRATION | |
PREPARING FOR | |
LAST SESSION OF THE THIRTYSEVENTH CONGRESS | |
THE TIDE TURNED | |
LETTERS AND SPEECHES | |
THE THIRTYEIGHTH CONGRESS | |
PROGRESS | |
RENOMINATED | |
RECONSTRUCTION | |
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF 1864 | |
THE FIRST SESSION OF CONGRESS | |
CLOSE OF 1861 | |
THE CONGRESS OF 18612 | |
THE SLAVERY QUESTION | |
THE PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN | |
FREEDOM TO MILLIONS | |
REELECTED | |
TIGHTENING THE LINES | |
IN RICHMOND | |
THE LAST | |
THE | |
APPENDIX SPEECH ON THE MEXICAN | |
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