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His first efforts at composition were written in charcoal , on the small area he was able to scrape clean on the back of a wood shovel . Paper was a precious commodity in the Lincoln household , and when young Abe was able to find a ...
His first efforts at composition were written in charcoal , on the small area he was able to scrape clean on the back of a wood shovel . Paper was a precious commodity in the Lincoln household , and when young Abe was able to find a ...
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Their greatness is best summed up by Harriet Beecher Stowe : “ We say of Lincoln's writing , that for all true , manly purposes of writing , there are passages in his state papers that could not be better put - they are absolutely ...
Their greatness is best summed up by Harriet Beecher Stowe : “ We say of Lincoln's writing , that for all true , manly purposes of writing , there are passages in his state papers that could not be better put - they are absolutely ...
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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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