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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... talk that ranged from idle gabble to profound conversation about the state and nation . Around the public square in candlelighted taverns , coffee rooms and hangouts , could be heard the talk and laughter of men eating , smoking ...
... talk that ranged from idle gabble to profound conversation about the state and nation . Around the public square in candlelighted taverns , coffee rooms and hangouts , could be heard the talk and laughter of men eating , smoking ...
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... talk upon the general situation . . . Mr. Lincoln made no allusion whatever to Grant . I had been there but a few minutes , however , when I fancied he would like to talk about Grant . ' Mr. President , if you will excuse me for ...
... talk upon the general situation . . . Mr. Lincoln made no allusion whatever to Grant . I had been there but a few minutes , however , when I fancied he would like to talk about Grant . ' Mr. President , if you will excuse me for ...
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... talk better than he , and so forth . Ending their conversation , he remarked , “ All I can say is , if the radicals want me to lead , let them get out of the way and let me lead . " And , said Miss Dickinson to her Boston audi- ence ...
... talk better than he , and so forth . Ending their conversation , he remarked , “ All I can say is , if the radicals want me to lead , let them get out of the way and let me lead . " And , said Miss Dickinson to her Boston audi- ence ...
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Wilderness Beginnings | 3 |
New Salem Days | 22 |
The Young Legislator | 40 |
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