The Lincoln Memorial: A Record of the Life, Assassination, and Obsequies of the Martyred PresidentJohn Gilmary Shea |
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... position which had yet arisen in American affairs . Four years have so changed all this , that his name is uni- versally revered ; the great qualities which he really possessed , his knowledge of men , his uprightness and honesty , his ...
... position which had yet arisen in American affairs . Four years have so changed all this , that his name is uni- versally revered ; the great qualities which he really possessed , his knowledge of men , his uprightness and honesty , his ...
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... position , or academic honors afford the mass of aspirants to great public honors , Abraham Lincoln rose step by step to the highest station in the gift of his fellow - countrymen . And although party virulence , which in our press has ...
... position , or academic honors afford the mass of aspirants to great public honors , Abraham Lincoln rose step by step to the highest station in the gift of his fellow - countrymen . And although party virulence , which in our press has ...
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... position of the poor white was one utterly disheartening and crushing ; and Thomas Lincoln , after battling wearily with his disadvantages , resolved to strike forward to a field opening greater prospects of success for himself and his ...
... position of the poor white was one utterly disheartening and crushing ; and Thomas Lincoln , after battling wearily with his disadvantages , resolved to strike forward to a field opening greater prospects of success for himself and his ...
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... position , and one which gave him intense pleasure from the opportunity of reading it afforded him ; and it is not a little remarkable that he began life , we may say , by serving the General Government in a civil , and , soon after ...
... position , and one which gave him intense pleasure from the opportunity of reading it afforded him ; and it is not a little remarkable that he began life , we may say , by serving the General Government in a civil , and , soon after ...
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... position . He was the unsuccessful candidate for United States Senator , General Shields having been elected . After his retirement from Congress , Mr. Lincoln devoted him- self , with greater earnestness than ever before , to the ...
... position . He was the unsuccessful candidate for United States Senator , General Shields having been elected . After his retirement from Congress , Mr. Lincoln devoted him- self , with greater earnestness than ever before , to the ...
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