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... fact is of the greatest comfort to the author, and not of the slightest consequence to anybody else. It is perfectly ... facts and incidents in a manner not altogether barren of interest. It is believed that the following biographical ...
... fact is of the greatest comfort to the author, and not of the slightest consequence to anybody else. It is perfectly ... facts and incidents in a manner not altogether barren of interest. It is believed that the following biographical ...
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... fact of great-grandparents. We do not find it profitable to travel far into the past in search of Abraham Lincoln's ancestry. There is a dim possibility that he is of the stock of the New England Lincolns, of Plymouth colony; but the ...
... fact of great-grandparents. We do not find it profitable to travel far into the past in search of Abraham Lincoln's ancestry. There is a dim possibility that he is of the stock of the New England Lincolns, of Plymouth colony; but the ...
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... fact of original capacity, and untiring industry. He was conscious of his own powers; he was a logician, and could not resist logical conclusions. If he studied, why might not he achieve? And Kirkham fell before him. One incident of his ...
... fact of original capacity, and untiring industry. He was conscious of his own powers; he was a logician, and could not resist logical conclusions. If he studied, why might not he achieve? And Kirkham fell before him. One incident of his ...
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... facts by processes of cunning analysis. It is said that he suffers no year to pass without the perusal of this author. Books, of all sorts, the eager student devoured with an insatiable appetite; and newspapers were no less precious to ...
... facts by processes of cunning analysis. It is said that he suffers no year to pass without the perusal of this author. Books, of all sorts, the eager student devoured with an insatiable appetite; and newspapers were no less precious to ...
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... fact that Lincoln has done these things, and has risen above them by his own force, confers a dignity upon them; and the rustic boy, who is to be President in 1900, may well be consoled and encouraged in his labors when he recalls these ...
... fact that Lincoln has done these things, and has risen above them by his own force, confers a dignity upon them; and the rustic boy, who is to be President in 1900, may well be consoled and encouraged in his labors when he recalls these ...
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OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 20 1848 | |
REPRESENTATIVES HALL SPRINGFIELD ILL JUNE | |
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LIVES & SPEECHES OF ABRAHAM LI William Dean 1837-1920 Howells,John Lord 1812-1887 Hayes,Abraham 1809-1865 Lincoln No preview available - 2016 |
LIVES & SPEECHES OF ABRAHAM LI William Dean 1837-1920 Howells,John Lord 1812-1887 Hayes,Abraham 1809-1865 Lincoln No preview available - 2016 |
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