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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... feeling , and a day of Thanksgiving appointed - The attempt of the Rebels to open Negotiations for Peace - It is " squashed " by the President's note , " To whom it may Concern " -The Presiden- tial election of 1864 - Mr . Lincoln is ...
... feeling , and a day of Thanksgiving appointed - The attempt of the Rebels to open Negotiations for Peace - It is " squashed " by the President's note , " To whom it may Concern " -The Presiden- tial election of 1864 - Mr . Lincoln is ...
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... feelings , were deeply enshrined within his heart . They knew , too , that unstained by temptation and un- swerved by ... feeling and purpose , was his power - a power which , from the be ginning of his career to the latest hour of his ...
... feelings , were deeply enshrined within his heart . They knew , too , that unstained by temptation and un- swerved by ... feeling and purpose , was his power - a power which , from the be ginning of his career to the latest hour of his ...
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... feeling . His language was always simple , clear and unequivocal ; his style of argument familiar , logical , and generally pointed with a quaint illustration , an apt story , or an easy play of humor . His manner was such as might have ...
... feeling . His language was always simple , clear and unequivocal ; his style of argument familiar , logical , and generally pointed with a quaint illustration , an apt story , or an easy play of humor . His manner was such as might have ...
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... feeling , of course , hampered the action of those in command , and had its effect in determining the result of the campaign . Lincoln was not of this class . As on his previous campaign , he accepted what- ever befell him in the line ...
... feeling , of course , hampered the action of those in command , and had its effect in determining the result of the campaign . Lincoln was not of this class . As on his previous campaign , he accepted what- ever befell him in the line ...
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... feeling which enabled him to sympathize so freely and kindly with the little trials of these humble servants of the country - which made him always as easy of access to the simple private as to the Major - General-— which led him so ...
... feeling which enabled him to sympathize so freely and kindly with the little trials of these humble servants of the country - which made him always as easy of access to the simple private as to the Major - General-— which led him so ...
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