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... of the new generation of Americans. Meanwhile, in all parts of the American continent, preparations were being made to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, the humblest, simplest and plainest of our ...
... of the new generation of Americans. Meanwhile, in all parts of the American continent, preparations were being made to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, the humblest, simplest and plainest of our ...
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... Lincoln Day. The average American does not shout when he hears Lincoln's name. Even the political demagogue, the ... Abraham Lincoln rose from abject depths of squalid environment to become the most august figure in American history ...
... Lincoln Day. The average American does not shout when he hears Lincoln's name. Even the political demagogue, the ... Abraham Lincoln rose from abject depths of squalid environment to become the most august figure in American history ...
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... of his own nature, the average American is an Abraham Lincoln to himself. The power to recognize is not so far removed from the power to be recognized, and it is thrillingly significant, after all these dreary years of babble about the ...
... of his own nature, the average American is an Abraham Lincoln to himself. The power to recognize is not so far removed from the power to be recognized, and it is thrillingly significant, after all these dreary years of babble about the ...
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... of Virginians and Carolinians by his wonderful and romantic deeds in the exploration of the Kentucky wilderness, the grandfather of Abraham Lincoln would not have left Rockingham County, Virginia, and “entered” seventeen hundred acres of ...
... of Virginians and Carolinians by his wonderful and romantic deeds in the exploration of the Kentucky wilderness, the grandfather of Abraham Lincoln would not have left Rockingham County, Virginia, and “entered” seventeen hundred acres of ...
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... Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12th , 1809 . What American , however poor , ignorant , unlettered or discouraged , can look upon the rude timbers of the home which sheltered the birth of the greatest man of the Western Hemisphere ...
... Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12th , 1809 . What American , however poor , ignorant , unlettered or discouraged , can look upon the rude timbers of the home which sheltered the birth of the greatest man of the Western Hemisphere ...
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