Abraham LincolnJ. M. Dent & Company, 1907 - 379 pages |
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Page 111
... Walt Whitman's record of his own visit to the same scene in 1848 . Lincoln said afterwards : " the thing that struck me most forcibly when I saw the Falls , was , where in the world did all that water come from ? " put aside the second ...
... Walt Whitman's record of his own visit to the same scene in 1848 . Lincoln said afterwards : " the thing that struck me most forcibly when I saw the Falls , was , where in the world did all that water come from ? " put aside the second ...
Page 153
... Walt Whitman in the preceding year , " That spirit which desired the peaceful extinction of slavery The Challenge 153.
... Walt Whitman in the preceding year , " That spirit which desired the peaceful extinction of slavery The Challenge 153.
Page 175
... Walt Whitman about this time has somewhere described as that of " Champion of America , " promulgator before the people of the principles of the Republic . He seems fully to have realised the tremendous task he was undertaking , a task ...
... Walt Whitman about this time has somewhere described as that of " Champion of America , " promulgator before the people of the principles of the Republic . He seems fully to have realised the tremendous task he was undertaking , a task ...
Page 208
... Walt Whitman has graphically described his first impression of the President - Elect on this journey to Washington . Whitman was in the crowd which awaited Lincoln outside the Astor House Hotel in Broadway , New York . He saw the tall ...
... Walt Whitman has graphically described his first impression of the President - Elect on this journey to Washington . Whitman was in the crowd which awaited Lincoln outside the Astor House Hotel in Broadway , New York . He saw the tall ...
Page 277
... Walt Whitman perhaps at this very time , was inditing his " Years of the Modern " to the growing consciousness of solidarity among the nations : — " Are all nations communing ? Is there going to be but one heart to the globe ? Is ...
... Walt Whitman perhaps at this very time , was inditing his " Years of the Modern " to the growing consciousness of solidarity among the nations : — " Are all nations communing ? Is there going to be but one heart to the globe ? Is ...
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