The Character and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States (Classic Reprint)

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The child is ever father of the man. It is our pur pose to show, in this volume, how the inherent qual ities Of industry, honesty, perseverance, and cheerful devotion to duty, which characterized the pioneer boy, and were the means, under Providence, of his elevation to the presidency, have sustained him in that high Office, and enabled him to bear the nu equalled cares and responsibilities it entailed upon him.

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