Abraham Lincoln: His Life and Public ServicesWerner Company, 1895 - 277 páginas |
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... hours of light , whether their lonely trip was cheered by a bright sun , or made dis- agreeable in the extreme by violent storms , their craft floated down the stream , its helmsmen never for a mo- ment losing their spirits , or ...
... hours of light , whether their lonely trip was cheered by a bright sun , or made dis- agreeable in the extreme by violent storms , their craft floated down the stream , its helmsmen never for a mo- ment losing their spirits , or ...
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... hours of stern con- flict that were approaching . Well has one said , " Lap of luxury and home of ease send not forth the arms that move the world . He who is driven aloft by the force of circumstances becomes the noblest soul and the ...
... hours of stern con- flict that were approaching . Well has one said , " Lap of luxury and home of ease send not forth the arms that move the world . He who is driven aloft by the force of circumstances becomes the noblest soul and the ...
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... hour for school to commence , about the sermon to which they had listened the day before . Abra- ham declared himself able to repeat a large part of the sermon ; and , when the boys doubted it , he proved his retentive memory , close ...
... hour for school to commence , about the sermon to which they had listened the day before . Abra- ham declared himself able to repeat a large part of the sermon ; and , when the boys doubted it , he proved his retentive memory , close ...
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... hours much more economically than the laws of health would permit . And now he was inflexible . His purpose was fixed , and no allurements or promises of pleasure could make him swerve a hair's - breadth there- from . " Springfield was ...
... hours much more economically than the laws of health would permit . And now he was inflexible . His purpose was fixed , and no allurements or promises of pleasure could make him swerve a hair's - breadth there- from . " Springfield was ...
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... which he learned at night was fastened in his mind by day . He might have said again with Cicero , ' Even my leisure hours have their occupation . " " - In 1836 he obtained a law - license , PREPARATION FOR HIS WORK . 48.
... which he learned at night was fastened in his mind by day . He might have said again with Cicero , ' Even my leisure hours have their occupation . " " - In 1836 he obtained a law - license , PREPARATION FOR HIS WORK . 48.
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