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“I had not got over the prejudice against Lincoln with which my personal contact with him in 1858 imbued me.” quote by Henry Villard — Download Open image

“I had not got over the prejudice against Lincoln with which my personal contact with him in 1858 imbued me.”

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There was nothing in all Douglas's powerful effort that appealed to the higher instincts of human nature, while Lincoln always touched sympathetic cords. Lincoln's…

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Without any formal orders to retreat, what was left of the several organizations yielded to a general impulse to abandon the field. Officers and…

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He surprised me by his familiarity with details of movements and battles which I did not suppose had come to his knowledge. As he…

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