The Life Of Abraham LincolnIsaac Newton Arnold draws upon his twenty-five year acquaintance with Abraham Lincoln to create an in-depth, intimate biography of the sixteenth President of the United States. His first hand knowledge of Lincoln provides a unique perspective into the personal and professional life of the president. From his marriage to Mary Todd, his time as a lawyer in Illinois, his reputation making debates with Stephen Douglas, through the historic speeches and the dire years of the Civil War, Arnold gives us an insider's view of the man and the era. Presented as it was originally published in 1885. |
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... political character , or his public career . They had been personal friends for a quar- ter of a century . They were much together in the courts and often associated in the trial of causes , and had been opposing counsel in important ...
... political character , or his public career . They had been personal friends for a quar- ter of a century . They were much together in the courts and often associated in the trial of causes , and had been opposing counsel in important ...
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... politics , and gen- erally on the Whig electoral tickets , making active canvasses . I was losing interest in politics , when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again . What I have done since then is pretty well known . If ...
... politics , and gen- erally on the Whig electoral tickets , making active canvasses . I was losing interest in politics , when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again . What I have done since then is pretty well known . If ...
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... I would get tired , want to go home , curse him for staring . " — Dennis Hants . 3. See Lincoln's Eulogy on Henry Clay , in July , 1852 . In practicing his speeches on political and other subjects , 24 ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
... I would get tired , want to go home , curse him for staring . " — Dennis Hants . 3. See Lincoln's Eulogy on Henry Clay , in July , 1852 . In practicing his speeches on political and other subjects , 24 ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
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Isaac N. Arnold. In practicing his speeches on political and other subjects , he made them so amusing and attractive that his father had to forbid his speaking during working hours , " for , " said he , " when Abe begins to speak , all ...
Isaac N. Arnold. In practicing his speeches on political and other subjects , he made them so amusing and attractive that his father had to forbid his speaking during working hours , " for , " said he , " when Abe begins to speak , all ...
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... politics , and with the change receive an office worth three thousand dollars a year , and then , " continued he , " then feel obliged to erect a lightning - rod over my house to protect a guilty conscience from an offended God ...
... politics , and with the change receive an office worth three thousand dollars a year , and then , " continued he , " then feel obliged to erect a lightning - rod over my house to protect a guilty conscience from an offended God ...
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