Why We Love LincolnThis story, brought to us by the remarkable reporter and writer James Creelman, is a more personal and straightforward portrayal of the most popular U.S. President. The account is told in an easy manner that provides many perspectives into Lincoln's ethos and character, making the story of Lincoln accessible to readers. |
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... head, and a whisk of his pen set a whole race free, it kept him humble. Perhaps the profoundly tender love which the American people have for his memory is to be explained by the fact that in the secret recesses where every man communes ...
... head, and a whisk of his pen set a whole race free, it kept him humble. Perhaps the profoundly tender love which the American people have for his memory is to be explained by the fact that in the secret recesses where every man communes ...
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... knew what sorrow was forty - five years before he paced his office in the White House all night , with white face and bowed head , sorrowing over the bloody defeat of Chancellorsville, wondering whether he was to be the last President.
... knew what sorrow was forty - five years before he paced his office in the White House all night , with white face and bowed head , sorrowing over the bloody defeat of Chancellorsville, wondering whether he was to be the last President.
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... head , and read . We grubbed , plowed , mowed and worked together barefooted in the field . Whenever Abe had a chance in the field while at work , or at the house , he would stop and read . ” His principal books were an arithmetic , the ...
... head , and read . We grubbed , plowed , mowed and worked together barefooted in the field . Whenever Abe had a chance in the field while at work , or at the house , he would stop and read . ” His principal books were an arithmetic , the ...
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... woman was not taken From Adam's feet we see, So he must not abuse her, The meaning seems to be. The woman was not taken From Adam's head we know, To show she must not rule him— 'Tis evidently so. The woman she was taken From under.
... woman was not taken From Adam's feet we see, So he must not abuse her, The meaning seems to be. The woman was not taken From Adam's head we know, To show she must not rule him— 'Tis evidently so. The woman she was taken From under.
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