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 185
... soon as begun , owing to his father's removal shortly afterward , to another State . Thomas Lincoln seems to have been impelled to this removal by an inherent disgust for the institution of slavery , with which he had become early ...
... soon as begun , owing to his father's removal shortly afterward , to another State . Thomas Lincoln seems to have been impelled to this removal by an inherent disgust for the institution of slavery , with which he had become early ...
Page 188
... soon was master of his teacher's store of arithme- tic . Mr. Lincoln has remarked that the aggregate of his schooling did not amount to one year . He never attended a college or academy as a student , and never indeed even saw the ...
... soon was master of his teacher's store of arithme- tic . Mr. Lincoln has remarked that the aggregate of his schooling did not amount to one year . He never attended a college or academy as a student , and never indeed even saw the ...
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... soon , indeed ; and yet , had it been earlier , how far greater had been our loss . He had lived to show the world how just , and moderate , and wise he could be in the moment of his great triumph ; he had lived to point out the way to ...
... soon , indeed ; and yet , had it been earlier , how far greater had been our loss . He had lived to show the world how just , and moderate , and wise he could be in the moment of his great triumph ; he had lived to point out the way to ...
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