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Everyone is familiar with the picture of gangling , young Abe , book in hand , stretched full - length before the fire , in his rough - hewn log - cabin . His first efforts at composition were written in charcoal , on the small area he ...
Everyone is familiar with the picture of gangling , young Abe , book in hand , stretched full - length before the fire , in his rough - hewn log - cabin . His first efforts at composition were written in charcoal , on the small area he ...
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www WWWW Young Abe “ Shows His Hand ” Www WWW IN N 1836 Lincoln again ran for the State Legislature and once more stated his platform in the fewest possible words . This time he was elected by a comfortable majority .
www WWWW Young Abe “ Shows His Hand ” Www WWW IN N 1836 Lincoln again ran for the State Legislature and once more stated his platform in the fewest possible words . This time he was elected by a comfortable majority .
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Now , I feel it my duty to have no hand in such a piece of foolery . I feel that it is so even on your own account , and particularly on mother's account . The eastern forty acres I intend to keep for mother while she lives ; if you ...
Now , I feel it my duty to have no hand in such a piece of foolery . I feel that it is so even on your own account , and particularly on mother's account . The eastern forty acres I intend to keep for mother while she lives ; if you ...
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| Title | The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: As Reflected in His Briefer Letters and Speeches |
| Author | Abraham Lincoln |
| Editor | H. Jack Lang |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | World Publishing Company, 1965 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 11 Sep 2008 |
| Length | 265 pages |
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