The Table Talk of Abraham LincolnF.A. Stokes Company, 1894 - 154 pages Donated by Carl W. Schaefer. |
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... tion is common to all vigorous , aspiring men , but there is a settled and general belief , or rather per- ception , that anything in the nature of personal or selfish ambition was burned away in the furnace through which he passed and ...
... tion is common to all vigorous , aspiring men , but there is a settled and general belief , or rather per- ception , that anything in the nature of personal or selfish ambition was burned away in the furnace through which he passed and ...
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... if he had allowed himself to place the aboli- tion of slavery first , serving a part instead of the whole , then the whole would have been lost , slavery would not have been abolished and the result of the 12 Abrabam Lincoln .
... if he had allowed himself to place the aboli- tion of slavery first , serving a part instead of the whole , then the whole would have been lost , slavery would not have been abolished and the result of the 12 Abrabam Lincoln .
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... generation cometh , but the earth abideth forever . That por- tion of the earth's surface which is owned and inhabited by the people of the United States , is well adapted to be the home of one national family , 20 Abrabam Lincoln .
... generation cometh , but the earth abideth forever . That por- tion of the earth's surface which is owned and inhabited by the people of the United States , is well adapted to be the home of one national family , 20 Abrabam Lincoln .
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... tion " : Well , I think the boy can do us more good above ground than under ground . " On pardoning twenty - four deser- tions at once , all of whom were sentenced to be shot , he said to a general who objected , " Mercy to the few is ...
... tion " : Well , I think the boy can do us more good above ground than under ground . " On pardoning twenty - four deser- tions at once , all of whom were sentenced to be shot , he said to a general who objected , " Mercy to the few is ...
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... tion . It is very nearly true , however , that he rarely told a joke or even a good story for its own sake , -for mere amusement . Their value to him was rather illustrative , or to sharpen the point of an argument , or to expose a ...
... tion . It is very nearly true , however , that he rarely told a joke or even a good story for its own sake , -for mere amusement . Their value to him was rather illustrative , or to sharpen the point of an argument , or to expose a ...
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