Lincoln: Passages from His Speeches and LettersCentury Company, 1925 - 204 páginas |
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... whole heart was enlisted . Lincoln's style , at its best , is characterized by great simplicity and directness , which in them- selves are artistic qualities . In addition there is an agreeable cadence , not overdone except in one ...
... whole heart was enlisted . Lincoln's style , at its best , is characterized by great simplicity and directness , which in them- selves are artistic qualities . In addition there is an agreeable cadence , not overdone except in one ...
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... whole country . " He read early the Bible , Æsop's " Fables , " " Robinson Crusoe , " " Pilgrim's Progress , " a history of the United States , Weems's " Life of Washington , " Frank- lin's " Autobiography " ; later , the life of Clay ...
... whole country . " He read early the Bible , Æsop's " Fables , " " Robinson Crusoe , " " Pilgrim's Progress , " a history of the United States , Weems's " Life of Washington , " Frank- lin's " Autobiography " ; later , the life of Clay ...
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... whole 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 ...
... whole 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 ...
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... rule , never take your whole fee in advance , nor any more than a small retainer . When fully paid beforehand , you are more than a common mortal if you can feel the same interest in the case as if something was still in prospect for 12.
... rule , never take your whole fee in advance , nor any more than a small retainer . When fully paid beforehand , you are more than a common mortal if you can feel the same interest in the case as if something was still in prospect for 12.
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... whole race , when , as by slavery , it is concentrated on a part only , it becomes the double - refined curse of God upon his creatures . Originally Free labor has the inspira- tion of hope ; pure slavery has no hope . The power of hope ...
... whole race , when , as by slavery , it is concentrated on a part only , it becomes the double - refined curse of God upon his creatures . Originally Free labor has the inspira- tion of hope ; pure slavery has no hope . The power of hope ...
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