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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... practical reliance upon His arm of strength in all that he did , which peculiarly character- ized President Lincoln . " Pray for me that I may re- ceive the Divine assistance , without which I cannot succeed , but with which , success ...
... practical reliance upon His arm of strength in all that he did , which peculiarly character- ized President Lincoln . " Pray for me that I may re- ceive the Divine assistance , without which I cannot succeed , but with which , success ...
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... practical manner . Indiana , at this date , was still a Territory , having been originally united under the same government with Illinois , after the admission of Ohio as a State , " the first - born of the great Northwest , " in 1802 ...
... practical manner . Indiana , at this date , was still a Territory , having been originally united under the same government with Illinois , after the admission of Ohio as a State , " the first - born of the great Northwest , " in 1802 ...
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... practical humor - rarely equaled . To him the hardest labor was mere pastime ; and his manly presence , to other laborers , was a constant inspi- ration and a charm which lightened their burdens . It was midsummer when the young flat ...
... practical humor - rarely equaled . To him the hardest labor was mere pastime ; and his manly presence , to other laborers , was a constant inspi- ration and a charm which lightened their burdens . It was midsummer when the young flat ...
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... practical sense , and skill in homely or humorous illustration , were the especially noticeable traits in his arguments . The graces of a polished rhetoric he certainly had not , nor did he aim to acquire them . His style of expression ...
... practical sense , and skill in homely or humorous illustration , were the especially noticeable traits in his arguments . The graces of a polished rhetoric he certainly had not , nor did he aim to acquire them . His style of expression ...
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... practical application ; and we , who were re- siding there , read the debates with peculiar interest . " No such war of intellects , on the rostrum , was ever wit- nessed in America . Entirely without general culture , more ignorant of ...
... practical application ; and we , who were re- siding there , read the debates with peculiar interest . " No such war of intellects , on the rostrum , was ever wit- nessed in America . Entirely without general culture , more ignorant of ...
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