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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... course , political . They have not , we think , dealt in misrepre- sentation ; there was no need of that . But they have presented him as a fit and proper candidate for the office of President of the United States , and for this purpose ...
... course , political . They have not , we think , dealt in misrepre- sentation ; there was no need of that . But they have presented him as a fit and proper candidate for the office of President of the United States , and for this purpose ...
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... Course of Events at the North - The Crittenden Compromise - Resolutions of the House- The Peace Convention , and its Resolutions .... 179 CHAPTER VIII . MR . LINCOLN'S INAUGURAL TOUR TO WASHINGTON . His farewell at Springfield , Ill ...
... Course of Events at the North - The Crittenden Compromise - Resolutions of the House- The Peace Convention , and its Resolutions .... 179 CHAPTER VIII . MR . LINCOLN'S INAUGURAL TOUR TO WASHINGTON . His farewell at Springfield , Ill ...
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... course of action . No public man , under the pressure of great re- sponsibilities , adhered more strictly to Col. Crockett's well - known rule of " Be sure you're right , and then go ahead ; " and those familiar phrases which were so ...
... course of action . No public man , under the pressure of great re- sponsibilities , adhered more strictly to Col. Crockett's well - known rule of " Be sure you're right , and then go ahead ; " and those familiar phrases which were so ...
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... course , but so as to speak and write as well as he did . He studied , and nearly mastered , the six books of Euclid after he arrived at manhood . In this connection we may be permitted to quote the following interesting narrative ...
... course , but so as to speak and write as well as he did . He studied , and nearly mastered , the six books of Euclid after he arrived at manhood . In this connection we may be permitted to quote the following interesting narrative ...
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... course of my law - reading , I constantly came upon the word demon- strate . I thought , at first , that I understood its meaning , but soon became satisfied that I did not . I said to myself , " what do I do when I demonstrate , more ...
... course of my law - reading , I constantly came upon the word demon- strate . I thought , at first , that I understood its meaning , but soon became satisfied that I did not . I said to myself , " what do I do when I demonstrate , more ...
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