The Life and Administration of Abraham Lincoln: Presenting His Early History, Political Career, Speeches, Messages, Proclamations, Letters, Etc., with a General View of His Policy as President of the United States, Embracing the Leading Events of the War. Also the European Press on His DeathReprinted, W. Abbatt, 1933 |
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Page 194
... afterwards achieved a marked success . Meantime he diligently pursued his studies . He made himself somewhat proficient in grammar , while his newer opportunities gave him the means of far more extensive reading than he had hitherto ...
... afterwards achieved a marked success . Meantime he diligently pursued his studies . He made himself somewhat proficient in grammar , while his newer opportunities gave him the means of far more extensive reading than he had hitherto ...
Page 197
... afterwards sought El Dorado ; Bissell , and Shields , and Baker , brothers in arms and in council , the flower of the Western chivalry and the brightest examples of Western oratory ; Trumbull , then as now , with a mind pre - eminently ...
... afterwards sought El Dorado ; Bissell , and Shields , and Baker , brothers in arms and in council , the flower of the Western chivalry and the brightest examples of Western oratory ; Trumbull , then as now , with a mind pre - eminently ...
Page 202
... afterwards , to have it established by a decision of the Supreme Court , so now , they sought to have it recognized by Congress . Mr. Lincoln opposed it in Congress as heartily as he afterwards opposed it when it took the more covert ...
... afterwards , to have it established by a decision of the Supreme Court , so now , they sought to have it recognized by Congress . Mr. Lincoln opposed it in Congress as heartily as he afterwards opposed it when it took the more covert ...
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