Lincoln: Passages from His Speeches and LettersCentury Company, 1925 - 204 páginas |
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... very much surprised if any one had told him that he had a " style " at all . And yet , because he was determined to be under- stood , because he was honest , be- cause he had a warm heart and a true , xi INTRODUCTION.
... very much surprised if any one had told him that he had a " style " at all . And yet , because he was determined to be under- stood , because he was honest , be- cause he had a warm heart and a true , xi INTRODUCTION.
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Passages from His Speeches and Letters Abraham Lincoln. cause he had a warm heart and a true , because he had read good books eagerly and not coldly , and because there was in him a native good taste , as well as a strain of imagination ...
Passages from His Speeches and Letters Abraham Lincoln. cause he had a warm heart and a true , because he had read good books eagerly and not coldly , and because there was in him a native good taste , as well as a strain of imagination ...
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... heart . These men were alike in this- that they learned to express them- selves by dint of long practice , and both in youth wrote much non- sense . Napoleon in his young days wrote romance and history ; Lincoln wrote verse and composed ...
... heart . These men were alike in this- that they learned to express them- selves by dint of long practice , and both in youth wrote much non- sense . Napoleon in his young days wrote romance and history ; Lincoln wrote verse and composed ...
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... hearts of eagerly listening crowds . The question , he contended , was as to the right or the wrong of slavery : That [ he said ] is the real issue . That is the issue that will continue in this country when these poor tongues of Judge ...
... hearts of eagerly listening crowds . The question , he contended , was as to the right or the wrong of slavery : That [ he said ] is the real issue . That is the issue that will continue in this country when these poor tongues of Judge ...
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... heart was enlisted . By way of contrast to what has passed and is to come , let us cull some of the passages in which shone Lincoln's wit and humor . How pleasing it is to know that his melancholy nature , his bur- dened spirit , were ...
... heart was enlisted . By way of contrast to what has passed and is to come , let us cull some of the passages in which shone Lincoln's wit and humor . How pleasing it is to know that his melancholy nature , his bur- dened spirit , were ...
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