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 205
... whole of this campaign , that in spite of all the temptations to an opposite course to which he was continually exposed , no personalities against his opponent , no vituperation or coarseness , ever defiled his lips . His kind and ...
... whole of this campaign , that in spite of all the temptations to an opposite course to which he was continually exposed , no personalities against his opponent , no vituperation or coarseness , ever defiled his lips . His kind and ...
Page 220
... whole country and the whole world . Solomon says , " There is a time to keep silence ; ' and when men wrangle by the mouth , with no certainty that they mean the same thing while using the same words , it perhaps were as well if they ...
... whole country and the whole world . Solomon says , " There is a time to keep silence ; ' and when men wrangle by the mouth , with no certainty that they mean the same thing while using the same words , it perhaps were as well if they ...
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... whole aspect of the contest . The capture of Vicksburg had already severed the Confederacy at one point , and now the capture of Atlanta , with its four converging lines of railway , linking every part of the Confederacy , almost ...
... whole aspect of the contest . The capture of Vicksburg had already severed the Confederacy at one point , and now the capture of Atlanta , with its four converging lines of railway , linking every part of the Confederacy , almost ...
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The Life and Administration of Abraham Lincoln (Classic Reprint) G. W. Bacon No preview available - 2015 |
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