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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... speak for themselves. Only such an arrangement is needed as shall show the bearing of each upon the other, the development of each, the processes of growth. Those words of the lamented dead which nestle in our hearts so tenderly — they ...
... speak for themselves. Only such an arrangement is needed as shall show the bearing of each upon the other, the development of each, the processes of growth. Those words of the lamented dead which nestle in our hearts so tenderly — they ...
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... Speaking of General Cass's career, reminds me of my own. I was not at Stillman's defeat, but I was about as near it as Cass to Hull's surrender; and like him, I saw the place very soon afterward. It is quite certain I did not break my ...
... Speaking of General Cass's career, reminds me of my own. I was not at Stillman's defeat, but I was about as near it as Cass to Hull's surrender; and like him, I saw the place very soon afterward. It is quite certain I did not break my ...
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... speak , content to play the part of an observer rather than of an actor . It was at this period that he became acquainted with Stephen A. Douglas , then a recent immigrant from Vermont , in connection with whom he was destined to figure ...
... speak , content to play the part of an observer rather than of an actor . It was at this period that he became acquainted with Stephen A. Douglas , then a recent immigrant from Vermont , in connection with whom he was destined to figure ...
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... speak— compounded of the Nebraska doctrine, and the Dred Scott decision. Let him consider not only what work the machinery is adapted to do, and how well adapted, but also let him study the history of its construction, and trace, if he ...
... speak— compounded of the Nebraska doctrine, and the Dred Scott decision. Let him consider not only what work the machinery is adapted to do, and how well adapted, but also let him study the history of its construction, and trace, if he ...
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... it would have spoiled the niche for the Dred Scott decision. “Why was the court decision held up? Why even a Senator's individual opinion withheld till after the Presidential election ? Plainly enough now ; the speaking out.
... it would have spoiled the niche for the Dred Scott decision. “Why was the court decision held up? Why even a Senator's individual opinion withheld till after the Presidential election ? Plainly enough now ; the speaking out.
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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