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Passages from His Speeches and Letters Abraham Lincoln. '' Lu'!' INTRODUCTION OF style, in the ordinary use of the word,
Passages from His Speeches and Letters Abraham Lincoln. '' Lu'!' INTRODUCTION OF style, in the ordinary use of the word,
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... word , Lincoln may be said to have had little . He certainly did not strive for an artistic method of expression ... words . He was not always grammatically ac- curate . He would doubtless have been very much surprised if any one had ...
... word , Lincoln may be said to have had little . He certainly did not strive for an artistic method of expression ... words . He was not always grammatically ac- curate . He would doubtless have been very much surprised if any one had ...
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... words . I know what I meant , and I will not leave this crowd in doubt , if I can explain it to them , what I really meant in the use of that paragraph . " Who are , to Americans at least , the two most interesting men of action of the ...
... words . I know what I meant , and I will not leave this crowd in doubt , if I can explain it to them , what I really meant in the use of that paragraph . " Who are , to Americans at least , the two most interesting men of action of the ...
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... of a trumpet . His words went to their mark quick as a stroke of lightning . When he speaks it is as if an earthquake had passed under one's feet . Lincoln's style is very differ- ent ; heroic , appealing , gracious or humorous , Xiv.
... of a trumpet . His words went to their mark quick as a stroke of lightning . When he speaks it is as if an earthquake had passed under one's feet . Lincoln's style is very differ- ent ; heroic , appealing , gracious or humorous , Xiv.
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... words were short and forcible . " He learned among men and women poor and inured to hardship how the plain people think and feel . In his young manhood at Springfield he measured wits with other bright young lawyers , in plain and ...
... words were short and forcible . " He learned among men and women poor and inured to hardship how the plain people think and feel . In his young manhood at Springfield he measured wits with other bright young lawyers , in plain and ...
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