The Life Of Abraham LincolnDigital Scanning Inc, 2008 - 480 strani Isaac Newton Arnold draws upon his twenty-five year acquaintance with Abraham Lincoln to create an in-depth, intimate biography of the sixteenth President of the United States. His first hand knowledge of Lincoln provides a unique perspective into the personal and professional life of the president. From his marriage to Mary Todd, his time as a lawyer in Illinois, his reputation making debates with Stephen Douglas, through the historic speeches and the dire years of the Civil War, Arnold gives us an insider's view of the man and the era. Presented as it was originally published in 1885. |
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... honor of opposing this system . consummated in the " Proclamation of Emancipation , " and. For the immediate constituents of Sangamon County , Lin- coln and the " Long Nine " succeeded in getting a law passed removing the capital from ...
... honor of opposing this system . consummated in the " Proclamation of Emancipation , " and. For the immediate constituents of Sangamon County , Lin- coln and the " Long Nine " succeeded in getting a law passed removing the capital from ...
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... Honor , yesterday this Court was a Court of Oyer sans Terminer ; to - day your Honor has reversed the order , it is now Terminer sans Oyer . But I believe I should prefer the injustice of interminable delay , rather than the swift and ...
... Honor , yesterday this Court was a Court of Oyer sans Terminer ; to - day your Honor has reversed the order , it is now Terminer sans Oyer . But I believe I should prefer the injustice of interminable delay , rather than the swift and ...
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... honor ; —let every man remember that to violate the law is to trample on the blood of his father , and to tear the charter of his own and his children's liberty . Let reverence for the laws be breathed by every American mother to the ...
... honor ; —let every man remember that to violate the law is to trample on the blood of his father , and to tear the charter of his own and his children's liberty . Let reverence for the laws be breathed by every American mother to the ...
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... of Lexington . While encamped on its site he heard of the battle of Lexington , in the far East , " and named his infant settlement . in its honor . ” came to visit her and lineage of Mary Todd . 68 ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
... of Lexington . While encamped on its site he heard of the battle of Lexington , in the far East , " and named his infant settlement . in its honor . ” came to visit her and lineage of Mary Todd . 68 ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
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... honor , or his life . " They passed the belligerent Shields and Whitesides in the night , and arrived at Tremont in advance . They told Lincoln what was coming , and he replied , that he was altogether opposed to duelling , and would do ...
... honor , or his life . " They passed the belligerent Shields and Whitesides in the night , and arrived at Tremont in advance . They told Lincoln what was coming , and he replied , that he was altogether opposed to duelling , and would do ...
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