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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... never be with truth said of me . I most emphatically , in this instance , made a fool of myself . I have now come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying ; and for this reason ; I can never be satisfied with any one who would ...
... never be with truth said of me . I most emphatically , in this instance , made a fool of myself . I have now come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying ; and for this reason ; I can never be satisfied with any one who would ...
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... never lost his temper , and never increased the amount of his bet . " While his fellow players " were eating and drinking with the voracity of cormorants , he never indulged in anything more stimulating than a cracker and a sip of water ...
... never lost his temper , and never increased the amount of his bet . " While his fellow players " were eating and drinking with the voracity of cormorants , he never indulged in anything more stimulating than a cracker and a sip of water ...
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... never seen Grant . He knew Grant only from what he read and what he heard in talk about his best fighter . To Congressman Washburne , Lincoln said : " About all I know of Grant I have got from you . I have never seen him . Who else ...
... never seen Grant . He knew Grant only from what he read and what he heard in talk about his best fighter . To Congressman Washburne , Lincoln said : " About all I know of Grant I have got from you . I have never seen him . Who else ...
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Wilderness Beginnings | 3 |
New Salem Days | 22 |
The Young Legislator | 40 |
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