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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Page 37
... hope that , in time , his children could take an honorable position , won by industry and careful economy . So , having sold his Kentucky farm , as the story goes , for ten barrels of whiskey ( forty gallons each ) valued at two hundred ...
... hope that , in time , his children could take an honorable position , won by industry and careful economy . So , having sold his Kentucky farm , as the story goes , for ten barrels of whiskey ( forty gallons each ) valued at two hundred ...
Page 83
... hope was in a mother's belief of her son's inno- cence , in the justice of the God she worshipped , and in the noble counsel , who , without hope of fee or reward upon earth , had undertaken the cause - took his seat in the prisoners ...
... hope was in a mother's belief of her son's inno- cence , in the justice of the God she worshipped , and in the noble counsel , who , without hope of fee or reward upon earth , had undertaken the cause - took his seat in the prisoners ...
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... hope . Mr. Lincoln is a tall , lank man , awkward , apparently diffident , and when not speaking has neither firmness in his countenance nor fire in his eye . " Mr. Lincoln has a rich , silvery voice , enunciates with great distinctness ...
... hope . Mr. Lincoln is a tall , lank man , awkward , apparently diffident , and when not speaking has neither firmness in his countenance nor fire in his eye . " Mr. Lincoln has a rich , silvery voice , enunciates with great distinctness ...
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... hope that we should some time have a confederacy of free States . " Bearing this in mind , and seeing that sectionalism has since arisen upon this same subject , is that warning a weapon in your hands against us , or in our hands ...
... hope that we should some time have a confederacy of free States . " Bearing this in mind , and seeing that sectionalism has since arisen upon this same subject , is that warning a weapon in your hands against us , or in our hands ...
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... hope of healing dissension , with the names of John Bell , of Tennessee , and Edward Everett , of Massachusetts . The country " stripped itself " promptly and zealously to the work of canvass and election , with an interest and deep ...
... hope of healing dissension , with the names of John Bell , of Tennessee , and Edward Everett , of Massachusetts . The country " stripped itself " promptly and zealously to the work of canvass and election , with an interest and deep ...
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