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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... never made a mistake in regard to a prin- ciple , and never indulged a thought of self , but always sought his country's good ; a chief magistrate , who though reviled reviled not again , but with an almost angelic patience , sought to ...
... never made a mistake in regard to a prin- ciple , and never indulged a thought of self , but always sought his country's good ; a chief magistrate , who though reviled reviled not again , but with an almost angelic patience , sought to ...
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... never , for one moment in all his varied experiences , forgot that he was of the people ; never , in a single in- stance , neglected their interests . The people , also , fully comprehended him . They remembered that his ex- periences ...
... never , for one moment in all his varied experiences , forgot that he was of the people ; never , in a single in- stance , neglected their interests . The people , also , fully comprehended him . They remembered that his ex- periences ...
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... responsibilities of a four years ' war , such , for extent and principles involved , as the world had never before seen ; amid questions , civil , military , and political ; amid defeats and party clamor 24 THE LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
... responsibilities of a four years ' war , such , for extent and principles involved , as the world had never before seen ; amid questions , civil , military , and political ; amid defeats and party clamor 24 THE LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
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... never to be fulfilled . His cabin , isolated from its neigh- bors by a distance of several miles , was a dangerous dwelling in a region infested by roving savages , whose blind instinct of revenge was perpetually searching for a pale ...
... never to be fulfilled . His cabin , isolated from its neigh- bors by a distance of several miles , was a dangerous dwelling in a region infested by roving savages , whose blind instinct of revenge was perpetually searching for a pale ...
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... his scholastic talents . It is worthy of remark , also , that while he lived in Kentucky , he never saw even the exterior of what was properly a church edifice ; and the few religious services 36 338 THE LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
... his scholastic talents . It is worthy of remark , also , that while he lived in Kentucky , he never saw even the exterior of what was properly a church edifice ; and the few religious services 36 338 THE LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
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