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Page 31
... Washington , and a Life of Henry Clay which his mother had managed to purchase for him . Subsequently he read the Life of Franklin and Ramsay's Life of Wash- ington . In these books , read and re - read , he found meat for his hungry ...
... Washington , and a Life of Henry Clay which his mother had managed to purchase for him . Subsequently he read the Life of Franklin and Ramsay's Life of Wash- ington . In these books , read and re - read , he found meat for his hungry ...
Page 32
... Washington was borrowed from his teach- er , Andrew Crawford , and an anecdote connected with it illus- trates Abraham's conscientiousness and characteristic honesty . The borrowed book was left unguardedly in an open window . A shower ...
... Washington was borrowed from his teach- er , Andrew Crawford , and an anecdote connected with it illus- trates Abraham's conscientiousness and characteristic honesty . The borrowed book was left unguardedly in an open window . A shower ...
Page 110
... Washington sat ; and , so remembering , let him answer as Washington would answer . As a nation should not , and the Almighty will not , be evaded , so let him attempt no evasion , no equivocation . And if , so an- swering , he can show ...
... Washington sat ; and , so remembering , let him answer as Washington would answer . As a nation should not , and the Almighty will not , be evaded , so let him attempt no evasion , no equivocation . And if , so an- swering , he can show ...
Page 114
... Washington to perform , it was execrable . He did what others did , and what his partisan supporters expected him to do ; but his own sense of propriety must have suggest- ed to him , or ought to have suggested to him if it did not ...
... Washington to perform , it was execrable . He did what others did , and what his partisan supporters expected him to do ; but his own sense of propriety must have suggest- ed to him , or ought to have suggested to him if it did not ...
Page 118
... Washington . The session had been one of strong excitements , particular interest attaching to every im- portant debate in consequence of its bearing upon the question of the presidency . Mr. Lincoln had discharged his duties 118 LIFE ...
... Washington . The session had been one of strong excitements , particular interest attaching to every im- portant debate in consequence of its bearing upon the question of the presidency . Mr. Lincoln had discharged his duties 118 LIFE ...
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