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Nothing better illustrates the elasticity of American democratic
life than the fact that within a span of forty years Abraham
Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt were Presidents of the United
States. Two men more unlike in origin, in training, and in
opportunity, could hardly be found. Lincoln came from an
incompetent Kentuckian father, a pioneer without the pioneer's
spirit of enterprise and push; he lacked schooling; he had barely
the necessaries of life measured even by the standards of the
Border; his compa-nions were rough frontier wastrels, many of whom
had either been, or might easily become, ruffians. The books on
which he fed his young mind were very few, not more than five or
six, but they were the best. And yet in spite of these handicaps,
Abraham Lincoln rose to be the leader and example of the American
Nation during its most perilous crisis, and the ideal Democrat of
the nineteenth century.
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George Washington
William Roscoe Thayer
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R794
Discovery Miles 7 940
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This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It
contains classical literature works from over two thousand years.
Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore
shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the
cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical
literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the
mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from
oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of
international literature classics available in printed format again
- worldwide.
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