Abraham Lincoln: The Boy and the ManMacmillan, 1908 - Всего страниц: 435 Abraham Lincoln: The Boy and the Man is not a critical study, but a simple story. Its aim is to present in dramatic pictures the struggles and achievements of a common man, in whom the race of common men is exalted; who solved great problems by the plain rules of common sense and wrought great deeds by the exercise of the common qualities of honesty and courage, patience, justice, and kindness. -- Foreword. |
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... thousand dollars a year , and then feel compelled to erect a lightning - rod to protect a guilty conscience from an offended God . " In the election that followed , nine members were chosen from Sangamon County , and Lincoln led them ...
... thousand dollars a year , and then feel compelled to erect a lightning - rod to protect a guilty conscience from an offended God . " In the election that followed , nine members were chosen from Sangamon County , and Lincoln led them ...
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... thousand population , it had been made the new capital of the state , largely through Lincoln's efforts in the Legislature . The townspeople naturally felt grateful toward him , and the field was a promising one . Arrived at Springfield ...
... thousand population , it had been made the new capital of the state , largely through Lincoln's efforts in the Legislature . The townspeople naturally felt grateful toward him , and the field was a promising one . Arrived at Springfield ...
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... thousand dollars a year . The largest fee he ever charged was in an important tax case for the Illinois Central Railway Company . After he had won the suit , he pre sented , in person , his bill for two thousand 84 LIFE ON THE CIRCUIT.
... thousand dollars a year . The largest fee he ever charged was in an important tax case for the Illinois Central Railway Company . After he had won the suit , he pre sented , in person , his bill for two thousand 84 LIFE ON THE CIRCUIT.
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... thousand dollars and the court compelled the company to pay it . It was a common thing for Lincoln to discour- age unnecessary lawsuits , and consequently he was continually sacrificing opportunities to make money . One man who asked ...
... thousand dollars and the court compelled the company to pay it . It was a common thing for Lincoln to discour- age unnecessary lawsuits , and consequently he was continually sacrificing opportunities to make money . One man who asked ...
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... . The time had come for Congress to set up territorial governments in that part of the Louisiana Purchase lying west of the Missouri River . This was a tract • of land four hundred and seventy - five thousand 106 ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
... . The time had come for Congress to set up territorial governments in that part of the Louisiana Purchase lying west of the Missouri River . This was a tract • of land four hundred and seventy - five thousand 106 ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
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