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OF

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

EDITED BY

WILLIAM C. STODDARD,

One of his Private Secretaries 1861-4.

THE history of the world presents us with innumerable instances of men, holding positions of power over current affairs, whose verbal or written utterances were among the apparent forces of the time to which they belonged. With the passing away of the circumstances, the peculiar features of their field of action, a winnowing process becomes at once observable, and much which was at first deemed worthy of preservation is seen to have lost its importance; it has no

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of

ABRAHAM

LINCOLN

(CENTENARY EDITION)

EDITED BY

WILLIAM O. STODDARD

One of his Private Secretaries and author
of Abraham Lincoln, the True Story
of a Great Life," etc.

WITH FRONTISPIECE

NEW YORK FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY

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