. Short life of Abraham Lincoln. BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO SAN FRANCISCO HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY CHARLES W. MOORES ALL RIGHTS RESERVED CAMBRIDGE . MASSACHUSETTSPRINTED IN THE U . S . A PREFACE Every American, over eight years old, ought toknow the story of Abraham Lincolns life. More thanthis, every American ought to know the best of Lin-colns writings. Above all, every American ought toknow the man, Abraham Lincoln. To give to childrenan understanding of his great life, an appreciation ofthe simplicity and purity of his literary style, and a loveof the man, has been the pur
. Short life of Abraham Lincoln. BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO SAN FRANCISCO HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY CHARLES W. MOORES ALL RIGHTS RESERVED CAMBRIDGE . MASSACHUSETTSPRINTED IN THE U . S . A PREFACE Every American, over eight years old, ought toknow the story of Abraham Lincolns life. More thanthis, every American ought to know the best of Lin-colns writings. Above all, every American ought toknow the man, Abraham Lincoln. To give to childrenan understanding of his great life, an appreciation ofthe simplicity and purity of his literary style, and a loveof the man, has been the purpose of this little effort has been to do this without departing fromthe dignity which maturer minds demand in the pre-sentation of a personality that has won the love of usall. At the same time, the picture were incompletewithout a portrayal of the humor that saved Lincolnfrom the madness to which the burden he carriedmight have driven him. The chapters which are not essentially political intheir character, and therefo
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