True stories of great American men : for young Americans (1898)
Brooks, Elbridge Streeter, 1846-1902 · Chicago ; Philadelphia ; Toronto : J.C. Winston · leaf 138
timecame. He saw that theSouth was not willing togive in, and that some-thing must be done toshow them that the Northwas just as determined asthey were. So, after a great victory had been won by the sol-diers of the Union, Abraham Lincoln wrote a paper and sencit out to the world, saying that on… … ABRAHAM LINCOLN. i40 ABRAHAM LINCOLN It was a great thing to do. It was a greater thing to do itjust as Lincoln did it, and, while the world lasts, no one willever forget the Emancipation Proclamation of Abraham Lin-coln. Still, the war went on. But, little by little, the Southwas growing weaker,…
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