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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... mind . The Holy Bible , Ęsop and John Bunyan - could three better books have been chosen for him from the richest library ? For those who have witnessed the dissipating effects of many books upon the minds of modern children it is not ...
... mind . The Holy Bible , Ęsop and John Bunyan - could three better books have been chosen for him from the richest library ? For those who have witnessed the dissipating effects of many books upon the minds of modern children it is not ...
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... mind was full of stories ; and the great facts of his life and history on entering his mind seemed to take up their abode in these stories , and if the garment did not fit them it was so modified that it did . A good instance of the ...
... mind was full of stories ; and the great facts of his life and history on entering his mind seemed to take up their abode in these stories , and if the garment did not fit them it was so modified that it did . A good instance of the ...
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... mind , and , in conversing upon it , he would present those argu- ments to see if they could be rebutted . This is illustrated by the interview between himself and the Chicago delegation of clergymen , appointed to urge upon him the ...
... mind , and , in conversing upon it , he would present those argu- ments to see if they could be rebutted . This is illustrated by the interview between himself and the Chicago delegation of clergymen , appointed to urge upon him the ...
Contents
CONTENTS | 11 |
An Incident of Lincolns Early Hardships | 18 |
The Long Nine Lincoln the Longest of All 424 | 25 |
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