Anecdotes of Abraham Lincoln and Lincoln's Stories: Including Early Life Stories, Professional Life Stories, White House Stories, War Stories, Miscellaneous StoriesRhodes & McClure, 1887 - 246 pages |
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... illustrations , which were romance , and pathos , and fun , and logic , all welded together . " The great Lincoln thanked the clerical celebrity , and said : " That reminds me of a story , " and then proceeded to tell how the Yale ...
... illustrations , which were romance , and pathos , and fun , and logic , all welded together . " The great Lincoln thanked the clerical celebrity , and said : " That reminds me of a story , " and then proceeded to tell how the Yale ...
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... Illustrated It . In a time of despondency , some visitors were telling the President of the " breakers " " so often seen ahead-- " this time surely coming . " " That , " said he , " suggests the story of the school - boy , who never ...
... Illustrated It . In a time of despondency , some visitors were telling the President of the " breakers " " so often seen ahead-- " this time surely coming . " " That , " said he , " suggests the story of the school - boy , who never ...
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... Illustration . At the White House one day some gentlemen were pres- ent from the West , excited and troubled about the com- missions or omissions of the Administration . The President heard them patiently , and then replied ...
... Illustration . At the White House one day some gentlemen were pres- ent from the West , excited and troubled about the com- missions or omissions of the Administration . The President heard them patiently , and then replied ...
Contents
CONTENTS | 11 |
An Incident of Lincolns Early Hardships | 18 |
The Long Nine Lincoln the Longest of All 424 | 25 |
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