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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... less than by birth . These were the days , it must be remembered , when common schools were unknown . Yet education was not undervalued or neglected among these rude foresters ; nor did young Lincoln , limited as were his opportunities ...
... less than by birth . These were the days , it must be remembered , when common schools were unknown . Yet education was not undervalued or neglected among these rude foresters ; nor did young Lincoln , limited as were his opportunities ...
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... less remarkable for his mental and moral characteristics than for his physical proportions . Al- ready , albeit unknown to himself and unsuspected by others , the training of that rough experience through which he was passing , was ...
... less remarkable for his mental and moral characteristics than for his physical proportions . Al- ready , albeit unknown to himself and unsuspected by others , the training of that rough experience through which he was passing , was ...
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... less than of his great physical strength and endurance . The hand who as- sisted him in the exploit , named John Hanks , a distant relative of his mother , is yet living , and bears unquali- fied testimony to the earnest strength with ...
... less than of his great physical strength and endurance . The hand who as- sisted him in the exploit , named John Hanks , a distant relative of his mother , is yet living , and bears unquali- fied testimony to the earnest strength with ...
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... less than a year , was abruptly terminated ( in 1832 ) by the outbreak of the " Black Hawk war . " During the previous spring ( 1831 ) the noted Black Hawk , of the Sac tribe of Indians , repudiating the treaty of 1804 , by which they ...
... less than a year , was abruptly terminated ( in 1832 ) by the outbreak of the " Black Hawk war . " During the previous spring ( 1831 ) the noted Black Hawk , of the Sac tribe of Indians , repudiating the treaty of 1804 , by which they ...
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... less as a politician and orator . At this time he was very plain in his costume , as well as rather uncourtly in his address and general appearance . His clothing was of homely Kentucky jean , and the first impression made by his tall ...
... less as a politician and orator . At this time he was very plain in his costume , as well as rather uncourtly in his address and general appearance . His clothing was of homely Kentucky jean , and the first impression made by his tall ...
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