Abraham Lincoln: His Life and Public ServicesWerner Company, 1895 - 277 pages |
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... Government in these troublesome times ; and it seems to me that the hand of God may be traced in many of the events connected with his history . First , then , I recognize this in the physical education which he received , and which pre ...
... Government in these troublesome times ; and it seems to me that the hand of God may be traced in many of the events connected with his history . First , then , I recognize this in the physical education which he received , and which pre ...
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... government had taken him by the hand , and given to him the gift of opportunity . No inheritance of land or money had fallen to him . No friend stood by his side . He was alone in poverty ; and yet not all alone . There was God above ...
... government had taken him by the hand , and given to him the gift of opportunity . No inheritance of land or money had fallen to him . No friend stood by his side . He was alone in poverty ; and yet not all alone . There was God above ...
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... Government was not estab- lished that one man might do with himself as he pleases , and with another man too . . . . I say , that , whereas God Almighty has given every man one mouth to be fed , and one pair of hands adapted to furnish ...
... Government was not estab- lished that one man might do with himself as he pleases , and with another man too . . . . I say , that , whereas God Almighty has given every man one mouth to be fed , and one pair of hands adapted to furnish ...
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... Government in a civil , and soon after in a military capacity . " The writer of the " Lincoln Memorial " thinks that the fact of Lincoln's captaincy was significant , and almost symbolical . " This early choice , " he says , " of one ...
... Government in a civil , and soon after in a military capacity . " The writer of the " Lincoln Memorial " thinks that the fact of Lincoln's captaincy was significant , and almost symbolical . " This early choice , " he says , " of one ...
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... Government property , and began to prepare for civil war . Never nation needed a leader more . God saw our necessity . It was his glorious opportunity . He saw our need of a pillar of fire in the night of war fast settling down upon us ...
... Government property , and began to prepare for civil war . Never nation needed a leader more . God saw our necessity . It was his glorious opportunity . He saw our need of a pillar of fire in the night of war fast settling down upon us ...
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