Life on the Circuit with Lincoln"Originally commenced as a pastime, and to please a circle of friends alone, success, in any degree, can only be hoped for, because of my vantage ground as an intimate and close friend of Mr. Lincoln, and because, by reason of such intimacy, of the novelty of some of the facts and deductions, and not, in any sense, by reason, but in spite of, its literary style or, rather, the lack thereof." -- preface |
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... Lincoln has been one of the most eagerly sought of all the thousands of books and pamphlets relating to the life of Abraham Lincoln . Libraries owning a copy have counted themselves fortunate , and collectors have been glad to pay many ...
... Lincoln has been one of the most eagerly sought of all the thousands of books and pamphlets relating to the life of Abraham Lincoln . Libraries owning a copy have counted themselves fortunate , and collectors have been glad to pay many ...
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... of the " Lost Speech " as substantially correct . Miss Ida M. Tarbell found it worth publishing , Arthur Brooks Lapsley included it in the Federal Edition of the Writings of Abraham Lincoln , and Albert J. Beve- ridge , in his Abraham ...
... of the " Lost Speech " as substantially correct . Miss Ida M. Tarbell found it worth publishing , Arthur Brooks Lapsley included it in the Federal Edition of the Writings of Abraham Lincoln , and Albert J. Beve- ridge , in his Abraham ...
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... of his life , the hand of crime snatched it from him in the midst of the triumph of his cause , and bound his temples , already pale from the vigils and anguish of four years , with the resplendent crown of the martyr .... Abraham Lincoln ...
... of his life , the hand of crime snatched it from him in the midst of the triumph of his cause , and bound his temples , already pale from the vigils and anguish of four years , with the resplendent crown of the martyr .... Abraham Lincoln ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 19 |
THE EMANCIPATOR IN EMBRYO | 33 |
ECCE HOMO | 48 |
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