The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln, as Reflected in His Briefer Letters and Speeches |
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... written in charcoal , on the small area he was able to scrape clean on the back of a wood shovel . Paper was a ... writing and reading were done out loud . Lincoln never gave up this habit of reading out loud as he wrote , and as William ...
... written in charcoal , on the small area he was able to scrape clean on the back of a wood shovel . Paper was a ... writing and reading were done out loud . Lincoln never gave up this habit of reading out loud as he wrote , and as William ...
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... writing , that for all true , manly purposes of writing , there are passages in his state papers that could not be better put - they are absolutely perfect . They are brief , condensed , intense , and with a power of insight and ...
... writing , that for all true , manly purposes of writing , there are passages in his state papers that could not be better put - they are absolutely perfect . They are brief , condensed , intense , and with a power of insight and ...
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... written to Kentuckians - the first to Joshua Speed in 1855 and this one to A. G. Hodges nine years later . LETTER TO A. G. HODGES Executive Mansion , April 4 , 1864 Y DEAR SIR : MY You ask me to put in writing the sub- stance of what I ...
... written to Kentuckians - the first to Joshua Speed in 1855 and this one to A. G. Hodges nine years later . LETTER TO A. G. HODGES Executive Mansion , April 4 , 1864 Y DEAR SIR : MY You ask me to put in writing the sub- stance of what I ...
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To Mary Owens | 7 |
To Joshua F Speed | 15 |
To Abraham Bale | 27 |
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