Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and the War YearsThis biography is drawn from the six volume work on Lincoln and new research uncovered since the original publication. |
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... head is the natural guardian , director , and protector of the hands and mouth insepa- rably connected with it ; and that being so , every head should be cultivated , and improved , by whatever will add to its capacity for performing ...
... head is the natural guardian , director , and protector of the hands and mouth insepa- rably connected with it ; and that being so , every head should be cultivated , and improved , by whatever will add to its capacity for performing ...
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... head sometimes jiggled the wig over one ear . When an abolitionist woman asked him for a lock of hair , he took off the wig and offered it to her . Scholar , wit , zealot of liberty , part fanatic , who could read the heart of limping ...
... head sometimes jiggled the wig over one ear . When an abolitionist woman asked him for a lock of hair , he took off the wig and offered it to her . Scholar , wit , zealot of liberty , part fanatic , who could read the heart of limping ...
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... head . They come to the door of the box . Dr. Leale sees the passageway packed with people . He calls out twice , " Guards , clear the passage ! " A captain goes into action with troopers . They show muskets , bayonets , sabers ...
... head . They come to the door of the box . Dr. Leale sees the passageway packed with people . He calls out twice , " Guards , clear the passage ! " A captain goes into action with troopers . They show muskets , bayonets , sabers ...
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Wilderness Beginnings | 3 |
New Salem Days | 22 |
The Young Legislator | 40 |
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