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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... friends; while his acknowledged goodness of heart had knit many to him, who, upon purely political grounds, would have held themselves aloof. While a member of the Legislature, he had devoted himself, as best he could—considering the ...
... friends; while his acknowledged goodness of heart had knit many to him, who, upon purely political grounds, would have held themselves aloof. While a member of the Legislature, he had devoted himself, as best he could—considering the ...
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... friend and foe knew exactly where to find them . Unskilled in the doublings of the mere politician or the trimmer , they have borne themselves straight forward to the points whither their judgment and conscience directed. Such men may ...
... friend and foe knew exactly where to find them . Unskilled in the doublings of the mere politician or the trimmer , they have borne themselves straight forward to the points whither their judgment and conscience directed. Such men may ...
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... friends may suppose there is of black - cockade Federalism about me , and , thereupon , they should take me up as their candidate for the Presidency , I protest they shall not make fun of me as they have of General Cass , by attempting ...
... friends may suppose there is of black - cockade Federalism about me , and , thereupon , they should take me up as their candidate for the Presidency , I protest they shall not make fun of me as they have of General Cass , by attempting ...
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... friends; while his acknowledged goodness of heart had knit many to him, who, upon purely political grounds, would have held themselves aloof. While a member of the Legislature, he had devoted himself, as best he could — considering the ...
... friends; while his acknowledged goodness of heart had knit many to him, who, upon purely political grounds, would have held themselves aloof. While a member of the Legislature, he had devoted himself, as best he could — considering the ...
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... friends to go over in a solid body to Mr. Trumbull, a man of Democratic antecedents, who could command the full vote of the anti-Nebraska Democrats; and the latter was consequently elected. Mr. Lincoln was subsequently offered the ...
... friends to go over in a solid body to Mr. Trumbull, a man of Democratic antecedents, who could command the full vote of the anti-Nebraska Democrats; and the latter was consequently elected. Mr. Lincoln was subsequently offered the ...
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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