The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln, as Reflected in His Briefer Letters and Speeches |
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“ What a sharpshooter's bead he could draw in one sentence , ' said Carl Sandburg who related the story of one occasion when Secretary of State Seward suggested that Lincoln's message to the British Prime Minister could be a couched in ...
“ What a sharpshooter's bead he could draw in one sentence , ' said Carl Sandburg who related the story of one occasion when Secretary of State Seward suggested that Lincoln's message to the British Prime Minister could be a couched in ...
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By Carl Sandburg . Harcourt , Brace & Company . Abraham Lincoln , The War Years ( 4 volumes ) . By Carl Sandburg . Harcourt , Brace & Company . The Real Lincoln . By Jesse W. Weik . Houghton Mifflin Company Abraham Lincoln and The ...
By Carl Sandburg . Harcourt , Brace & Company . Abraham Lincoln , The War Years ( 4 volumes ) . By Carl Sandburg . Harcourt , Brace & Company . The Real Lincoln . By Jesse W. Weik . Houghton Mifflin Company Abraham Lincoln and The ...
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To Mary Owens | 7 |
To Joshua F Speed | 15 |
To Abraham Bale | 27 |
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| Title | The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln, as Reflected in His Briefer Letters and Speeches |
| Author | Abraham Lincoln |
| Editor | H. Jack Lang |
| Publisher | Greenberg, 1941 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 17 Nov 2010 |
| Length | 265 pages |
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