The Life and Times of Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States: Including His Speeches, Messages, Inaugurals, Proclamations, Etc., Etc |
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... arm of strength in all that he did , which peculiarly character- ized President Lincoln . " Pray for me that I may re- ceive the Divine assistance , without which I cannot succeed , but with which , success is certain , " were his words ...
... arm of strength in all that he did , which peculiarly character- ized President Lincoln . " Pray for me that I may re- ceive the Divine assistance , without which I cannot succeed , but with which , success is certain , " were his words ...
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... Arm strong , a farmer , who lived in a log house some eight miles from the village of Petersburg , in Menard county . Here , young Lincoln would master his lessons by the firelight of the cabin , and then walk to town for the purpose of ...
... Arm strong , a farmer , who lived in a log house some eight miles from the village of Petersburg , in Menard county . Here , young Lincoln would master his lessons by the firelight of the cabin , and then walk to town for the purpose of ...
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... arms of her son , who lifted her up and told her to look upon him as before , free and innocent . Then , with the words , ' Where is Mr. Lincoln ? ' he rushed across the room and grasped the hand of his deliverer , whilst his heart was ...
... arms of her son , who lifted her up and told her to look upon him as before , free and innocent . Then , with the words , ' Where is Mr. Lincoln ? ' he rushed across the room and grasped the hand of his deliverer , whilst his heart was ...
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... arms and in council , the flower of the western chivalry , and the brightest examples of western oratory ; Trumbull then , as now , with a mind pre- eminently cool , crystalline , sagacious ; Douglas , heart of oak and brain of fire ...
... arms and in council , the flower of the western chivalry , and the brightest examples of western oratory ; Trumbull then , as now , with a mind pre- eminently cool , crystalline , sagacious ; Douglas , heart of oak and brain of fire ...
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... arms are long , but not unreasonably so for a person of his height ; his lower limbs are not disproportioned to his body . In walking , his gait , though firm , is never brisk . He steps slowly and deliberately , almost always with his ...
... arms are long , but not unreasonably so for a person of his height ; his lower limbs are not disproportioned to his body . In walking , his gait , though firm , is never brisk . He steps slowly and deliberately , almost always with his ...
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