The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln: Together with His State Papers, Including His Speeches, Addresses, Messages, Letters, and Proclamations, and the Closing Scenes Connected with His Life and Death ; to which are Added Anecdotes and Personal Reminiscences of President Lincoln |
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... give his son every possible advantage in the way of gaining an education , and , when but seven years old , he was equipped with an old copy of Dil- worth's Spelling Book , which constituted one - third of the family library , and was ...
... give his son every possible advantage in the way of gaining an education , and , when but seven years old , he was equipped with an old copy of Dil- worth's Spelling Book , which constituted one - third of the family library , and was ...
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... give him a welcome if he should happily arrive , and to experience the keenest feelings of disappoint- ment if he should not . If he arrived , as he alighted and stretched out both his long arms to shake hands with those nearest to him ...
... give him a welcome if he should happily arrive , and to experience the keenest feelings of disappoint- ment if he should not . If he arrived , as he alighted and stretched out both his long arms to shake hands with those nearest to him ...
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... he believed to be false , and he accordingly attacked it in a series of resolutions requesting the President to give the House information : on that point ; which President Polk would have found 34 THE LIFE , PUBLIC SERVICES , AND.
... he believed to be false , and he accordingly attacked it in a series of resolutions requesting the President to give the House information : on that point ; which President Polk would have found 34 THE LIFE , PUBLIC SERVICES , AND.
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... give these resolutions , omitting the preamble , which simply reproduces the language employed by President Polk in his message , to convey the impression that the Mexicans were the aggressors , and that the war was undertaken to repel ...
... give these resolutions , omitting the preamble , which simply reproduces the language employed by President Polk in his message , to convey the impression that the Mexicans were the aggressors , and that the war was undertaken to repel ...
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... give chance for more . This necessity had not been overlooked , but had been provided for , as well as might be , in the notable argument of " squatter sovereignty , " otherwise called " sacred right of self - government ; 52 THE LIFE ...
... give chance for more . This necessity had not been overlooked , but had been provided for , as well as might be , in the notable argument of " squatter sovereignty , " otherwise called " sacred right of self - government ; 52 THE LIFE ...
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