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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... 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 do good to those who ...
... 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 do good to those who ...
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... regard to fugitive slaves applying for protection - He decides them to be " contraband of war " -His view indorsed by Government- Fremont issues an Emancipation Proclamation - It is vetoed by the President The Trent affair , and its ...
... regard to fugitive slaves applying for protection - He decides them to be " contraband of war " -His view indorsed by Government- Fremont issues an Emancipation Proclamation - It is vetoed by the President The Trent affair , and its ...
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... regard Mr. Lincoln as a Ken- tuckian ( of the generation next succeeding that of Clay ) , by his early impressions and discipline , no less than by birth . These were the days , it must be remembered , when common schools were unknown ...
... regard Mr. Lincoln as a Ken- tuckian ( of the generation next succeeding that of Clay ) , by his early impressions and discipline , no less than by birth . These were the days , it must be remembered , when common schools were unknown ...
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... regard to books , it is probable that his perceptive faculties and muscular powers were more fully developed than his scholastic talents . It is worthy of remark , also , that while he lived in Kentucky , he never saw even the exterior ...
... regard to books , it is probable that his perceptive faculties and muscular powers were more fully developed than his scholastic talents . It is worthy of remark , also , that while he lived in Kentucky , he never saw even the exterior ...
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... regard to the previous character of his client , who , though somewhat rowdyish , had never been known to commit a vicious act ; and to show that a greater degree of ill - feeling existed between the accuser and the accused , than the ...
... regard to the previous character of his client , who , though somewhat rowdyish , had never been known to commit a vicious act ; and to show that a greater degree of ill - feeling existed between the accuser and the accused , than the ...
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