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Title: The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Brooks, Elbridge Streeter, 1846-1902 Daughters of the American Revolution
Subjects: Historic buildings Statesmen
Publisher: New York : Century Co.
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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THE INAUGURATION OF LINCOLN.From a sketch by Theodore R. Davis, made at the time. AT LINCOLN S HOME 199
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HE WAS AS PLEASANT AND PATIENT WITH BOYS AS WITH SENATORSAND SECRETARIES. Hales matchless story of The Man Without a Country, which you all knowand love; and that story was written to stimulate patriotism at the timewhen Abraham Lincoln was calling for volunteers to defend and preservethe Union in the dark days of the war. Oh, yes ; dont you remember how splendidly Dr. Hale worked that Breathes there a man into the story ? said Marian. I declare, I 200 THE CENTURY BOOK OF FAMOUS AMERICANS cry every time I come to that part where poor Nolan tried to read thepoem. And so you can connect that poem with Lincoln after all, Uncle Tom,said Roger. I never saw such a man. We cant down you, can we? I in in Lincolns country, you see, Roger, said Uncle Tom, with alaugh, and nothing could ever down him. So it must be in the air, eh? Go on with the short and simple annals of the poor, Uncle Tom, saidBert, reverting, as usual, to the main topic. Well, began his uncle, you saw, back in Kentucky, the

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