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Chase , Secretary of the Treasury , despised Seward ; detested General
McClellan ; hated Stanton , Secretary of War ; and loathed Blair , the Postmaster -
General . Blair , in turn , went around “ kicking over beehives , " as Lincoln put it ,
and ...
Chase , Secretary of the Treasury , despised Seward ; detested General
McClellan ; hated Stanton , Secretary of War ; and loathed Blair , the Postmaster -
General . Blair , in turn , went around “ kicking over beehives , " as Lincoln put it ,
and ...
Página 176
He boarded in a private family , and one morning shortly after he left the house ,
the daughter of the family fell ill with cholera , and was dead and in her grave
when Stanton came home for supper that night . He refused to believe it . Fearing
...
He boarded in a private family , and one morning shortly after he left the house ,
the daughter of the family fell ill with cholera , and was dead and in her grave
when Stanton came home for supper that night . He refused to believe it . Fearing
...
Página 179
But Lincoln listened to the story , and said with a twinkle in his eye : “ If Stanton
said I was a damned fool , then I must be , for he is nearly always right . I'll just
step over and see him myself . ” He did , and Stanton convinced him that his
order ...
But Lincoln listened to the story , and said with a twinkle in his eye : “ If Stanton
said I was a damned fool , then I must be , for he is nearly always right . I'll just
step over and see him myself . ” He did , and Stanton convinced him that his
order ...
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One of the most fascinating biographies of Abraham Lincoln. Dale tells Lincoln's story in a very lively manner; it seems that everything's happening before your eyes. The book has powerful tones of emotion, passion, vision, ambition, compassion, and wisdom running all through. It is one of the best.
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Información bibliográfica
| Título | Lincoln, the Unknown |
| Autor | Dale Carnegie |
| Edición | reimpresa |
| Editor | Century Company, 1932 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de California |
| Digitalizado | 29 Nov. 2007 |
| Largo | 305 páginas |
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