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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... position on the subject of domestic slavery -- Is elected for a third and fourth time , to the Legislature Is admitted to the practice of law - His character- istics as a lawyer - Thrilling incident of his law practice - His associates ...
... position on the subject of domestic slavery -- Is elected for a third and fourth time , to the Legislature Is admitted to the practice of law - His character- istics as a lawyer - Thrilling incident of his law practice - His associates ...
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... position of private life or of public trust he was placed , whether in the frontier cabin , the modest law office at Springfield , the Halls of Legislation , or the Presidential chair at Washington , he always maintained the same ...
... position of private life or of public trust he was placed , whether in the frontier cabin , the modest law office at Springfield , the Halls of Legislation , or the Presidential chair at Washington , he always maintained the same ...
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... position , which moulded his earlier life , conspired to make him the representative of the aristocratic class . And though the purity of his personal and public life , his unswerving patriotism , and the power of his well - balanced ...
... position , which moulded his earlier life , conspired to make him the representative of the aristocratic class . And though the purity of his personal and public life , his unswerving patriotism , and the power of his well - balanced ...
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... position and a fame equalled only by that of Washing- ton . And the secret of his success was simply this , that he never , for one moment in all his varied experiences , forgot that he was of the people ; never , in a single in- stance ...
... position and a fame equalled only by that of Washing- ton . And the secret of his success was simply this , that he never , for one moment in all his varied experiences , forgot that he was of the people ; never , in a single in- stance ...
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... position . " Purity of intention , direct- ness of purpose , patience and firmness , in every situa tion and in every emergency , ever marked his course of action . No public man , under the pressure of great re- sponsibilities ...
... position . " Purity of intention , direct- ness of purpose , patience and firmness , in every situa tion and in every emergency , ever marked his course of action . No public man , under the pressure of great re- sponsibilities ...
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