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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... consider it as prejudicial to Thomas Lincoln's character ; for it must be remembered that those days were not the days of temperance and " Total Abstinence . " CHAPTER II . ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S THIRTEEN YEARS IN INDIANA . HIS BOYHOOD IN ...
... consider it as prejudicial to Thomas Lincoln's character ; for it must be remembered that those days were not the days of temperance and " Total Abstinence . " CHAPTER II . ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S THIRTEEN YEARS IN INDIANA . HIS BOYHOOD IN ...
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... consider this a great man , their ideas must be very peculiar . ' " But in ten or fifteen minutes I was unconsciously and irre- sistibly drawn by the clearness and closeness of his argument . Link after link it was forged and welded ...
... consider this a great man , their ideas must be very peculiar . ' " But in ten or fifteen minutes I was unconsciously and irre- sistibly drawn by the clearness and closeness of his argument . Link after link it was forged and welded ...
Page 123
... consider the matter , and shortly afterward meeting Lincoln , told him his perplexity . " Tell him I wrote it , ' said Lincoln ; and tell him he did . After a deal of diplomacy to get a retraction of the offensive parts of the paragraph ...
... consider the matter , and shortly afterward meeting Lincoln , told him his perplexity . " Tell him I wrote it , ' said Lincoln ; and tell him he did . After a deal of diplomacy to get a retraction of the offensive parts of the paragraph ...
Page 139
... considering the understanding of the question manifested by the framers of the original Consti- tation . In and by the original instrument , a mode was pro- vided for amending it ; and , as I have already stated , the present frame of ...
... considering the understanding of the question manifested by the framers of the original Consti- tation . In and by the original instrument , a mode was pro- vided for amending it ; and , as I have already stated , the present frame of ...
Page 142
... will be content . " And now , if they would listen - as I suppose they will not - I would address a few words to the Southern people . " I would say to them : You consider yourselves 142 THE LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
... will be content . " And now , if they would listen - as I suppose they will not - I would address a few words to the Southern people . " I would say to them : You consider yourselves 142 THE LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
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