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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... labor of a frontier life , was , to the people , a constant reminder that his earlier years had been spent amid scenes and trials with which they were themselves familiar . His features were plain and homely , but they were illumined by ...
... labor of a frontier life , was , to the people , a constant reminder that his earlier years had been spent amid scenes and trials with which they were themselves familiar . His features were plain and homely , but they were illumined by ...
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... labor would have no competition with slave labor , and the poor white man might reasonably hope that , in time , his children could take an honorable position , won by industry and careful economy . So , having sold his Kentucky farm ...
... labor would have no competition with slave labor , and the poor white man might reasonably hope that , in time , his children could take an honorable position , won by industry and careful economy . So , having sold his Kentucky farm ...
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... labor , ' which is with demagogues such hollow cant , became to him a true and appreciable reality . " Thus , by hardy out - door labor and exercise he laid the foundation of that iron constitution which proved such a blessing ...
... labor , ' which is with demagogues such hollow cant , became to him a true and appreciable reality . " Thus , by hardy out - door labor and exercise he laid the foundation of that iron constitution which proved such a blessing ...
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... labor , and there is * This fact may be significant when we reflect that Mr. Lincoln always remained an admirer of Mr. Clay , and that he was afterward a " Clay Whig . " therefore nothing to be admired in the way of gen- ABRAHAM ...
... labor , and there is * This fact may be significant when we reflect that Mr. Lincoln always remained an admirer of Mr. Clay , and that he was afterward a " Clay Whig . " therefore nothing to be admired in the way of gen- ABRAHAM ...
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... labor . To return , however , to the settlers on the Sangamon . Having built their cabin and fenced their farm , they broke the ground , and raised a crop of sod - corn on it the first year , the sons - in - law , meantime , having ...
... labor . To return , however , to the settlers on the Sangamon . Having built their cabin and fenced their farm , they broke the ground , and raised a crop of sod - corn on it the first year , the sons - in - law , meantime , having ...
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