Lincoln, the Greatest Man of the Nineteenth CenturyMacmillan, 1922 - 77 pages |
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... to speak on " The Greatest Scien- tific Discovery of the Nineteenth Cen- tury . " He very naturally named " The Principle of Organic Evolution " and de- 5 voted his address to indicating the bear- ing of that LINCOLN ...
... to speak on " The Greatest Scien- tific Discovery of the Nineteenth Cen- tury . " He very naturally named " The Principle of Organic Evolution " and de- 5 voted his address to indicating the bear- ing of that LINCOLN ...
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... tury " ; and the after - dinner speech that night has by that same process of " organic evolution " gradually shaped itself into the longer address contained in this little book . It might seem a futile task to seek to name the greatest ...
... tury " ; and the after - dinner speech that night has by that same process of " organic evolution " gradually shaped itself into the longer address contained in this little book . It might seem a futile task to seek to name the greatest ...
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... tury a certain historic event which in my judgment was the most significant and influential occurrence of the hundred years . I refer to the Civil War fought out here in our own land in 1861-65 . You may measure that war any way you ...
... tury a certain historic event which in my judgment was the most significant and influential occurrence of the hundred years . I refer to the Civil War fought out here in our own land in 1861-65 . You may measure that war any way you ...
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... tury , and one of the greatest men in all the centuries , was that same Abraham Lincoln who defeated the desires of my Southern ancestors and kept all our stars together in one common field of blue . The great humanity of the man ! How ...
... tury , and one of the greatest men in all the centuries , was that same Abraham Lincoln who defeated the desires of my Southern ancestors and kept all our stars together in one common field of blue . The great humanity of the man ! How ...
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... tury and the life of the Greatest of all the Centuries , the Son of Man . Both were of humble birth . God makes his great ones from the dust of the ground , breathing into their nostrils the breath of his own mighty life as they become ...
... tury and the life of the Greatest of all the Centuries , the Son of Man . Both were of humble birth . God makes his great ones from the dust of the ground , breathing into their nostrils the breath of his own mighty life as they become ...
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Lincoln, the Greatest Man of the Nineteenth Century Charles Reynolds Brown No preview available - 2012 |
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