Life of Abraham Lincoln: For the Young Man and the Sabbath SchoolWestern Tract and Book Society, 1869 - 200 pages |
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Page 44
... party forming scarcely a respectable opposition . Had Mr. Lin- coln sought popular favor and the honors and emol- uments of office , without regard to his convic- tions of right , he could have placed himself at the head of the party in ...
... party forming scarcely a respectable opposition . Had Mr. Lin- coln sought popular favor and the honors and emol- uments of office , without regard to his convic- tions of right , he could have placed himself at the head of the party in ...
Page 49
... parties are seeking to do injustice . The attorney is constantly brought in contact with knavery , becomes familiar with all its devious ways , and is often strongly tempted , by pecuniary gain and professional ambition , to resort to ...
... parties are seeking to do injustice . The attorney is constantly brought in contact with knavery , becomes familiar with all its devious ways , and is often strongly tempted , by pecuniary gain and professional ambition , to resort to ...
Page 52
... of punish- ment being meted out to the guilty party . The prisoner , overwhelmed by the circumstances in which he found himself placed , fell into a mel- THE ARMSTRONG TRIAL . 53 ancholy condition bordering on despair 52 ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
... of punish- ment being meted out to the guilty party . The prisoner , overwhelmed by the circumstances in which he found himself placed , fell into a mel- THE ARMSTRONG TRIAL . 53 ancholy condition bordering on despair 52 ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
Page 70
... party , to resist its further encroachments . Stephen A. Douglas , a Senator from Illinois , a man of great intellectual power combined with political sagacity , though but little influenced by moral principle , had become the leader ...
... party , to resist its further encroachments . Stephen A. Douglas , a Senator from Illinois , a man of great intellectual power combined with political sagacity , though but little influenced by moral principle , had become the leader ...
Page 76
... party . He exhibited on many occasions the elements of profound statesmanship and far - reaching forecast ; and had the American people been dealing with questions of material interest merely , his repu- tation would be different from ...
... party . He exhibited on many occasions the elements of profound statesmanship and far - reaching forecast ; and had the American people been dealing with questions of material interest merely , his repu- tation would be different from ...
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