Book/Printed Material Lincoln, master of men; a study in character Copy 2
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Image 1 of Copy 2- Contributor: Rothschild, Alonzo - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
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Image 2 of Copy 2 Class _. Book __. COPYRIGHT DEPOSIT- Contributor: Rothschild, Alonzo - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
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Image 3 of Copy 2- Contributor: Rothschild, Alonzo - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
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Image 4 of Copy 2- Contributor: Rothschild, Alonzo - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
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Image 5 of Copy 2- Contributor: Rothschild, Alonzo - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
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Image 6 of Copy 2- Contributor: Rothschild, Alonzo - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
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Image 7 of Copy 2- Contributor: Rothschild, Alonzo - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
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Image 8 of Copy 2- Contributor: Rothschild, Alonzo - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
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Image 9 of Copy 2 LINCOLN, MASTER OF MEN- Contributor: Rothschild, Alonzo - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
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Image 10 of Copy 2- Contributor: Rothschild, Alonzo - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
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Image 11 of Copy 2- Contributor: Rothschild, Alonzo - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
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Image 13 of Copy 2 LINCOLN MASTER OF MEN a ^tuDt in Ci^amctct; BY ALONZO ROTHSCHILD WITH PORTRAITS BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY (^te laiberitfibe ^tt^^, Cambriboc 1906- Contributor: Rothschild, Alonzo - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
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Image 14 of Copy 2 LIBRARY of CONGRESS Two CoDies Received MAR 29 1906 Copyright Entry /fA CLASS •jTXXc. No, COPY B. COPYRIGHT 1906 BY ALONZO ROTHSCHILD ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Published March iqob- Contributor: Rothschild, Alonzo - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
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Image 15 of Copy 2 TO THE MEMORY OF MY FATHER JOHN ROTHSCHILD ONE OF THE PLAIN PEOPLE WHO BELIEVED IN LINCOLN THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED- Contributor: Rothschild, Alonzo - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
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Image 16 of Copy 2- Contributor: Rothschild, Alonzo - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
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Image 17 of Copy 2 CONTENTS I. A Samson of the Backwoods 1 II. Love, War, and Politics 34 III. Giants, Big and Little 79 IV. The Power behind the Throne 121 V. An Indispensable Man 157…- Contributor: Rothschild, Alonzo - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
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Image 18 of Copy 2- Contributor: Rothschild, Alonzo - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
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Image 19 of Copy 2 ILLUSTRATIONS Abraham Lincoln Frontispiece From an unretouched negrative, made in March, 1864, when the President commissioned Ulysses S. Grant Lieutenant-General and placed him in command of all the armies of the Republic.…- Contributor: Rothschild, Alonzo - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
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Image 20 of Copy 2- Contributor: Rothschild, Alonzo - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
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Image 21 of Copy 2 LINCOLN, MASTER OF MEN CHAPTER I A SAMSON OF THE BACKWOODS The spii it of mastery moved Abraham Lincoln at an early age how early, history and tradition are not agreed. Scantily…- Contributor: Rothschild, Alonzo - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
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Image 22 of Copy 2 2 LINCOLN, MASTER OF MEN playmates of that childhood have, in their old age, recalled a few iucidents that are not without interest. One of these anecdotes belongs here. It reveals a…- Contributor: Rothschild, Alonzo - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
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Image 23 of Copy 2 A SAMSON OF THE BACKWOODS 3 Creek to a still ruder frontier settlement in southern Indiana.^ Here the boy grew to manhood under the crass conditions at that time peculiar to the…- Contributor: Rothschild, Alonzo - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
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Image 24 of Copy 2 4 LINCOLN, MASTER OF MEN Such industry could not, even in a backwoods chink or crevice, fail of its reward. The twelve months of spo- radic schooling^ that stretched between Abraham s…- Contributor: Rothschild, Alonzo - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
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Image 25 of Copy 2 A SAMSON OF THE BACKWOODS 5 always point his lesson or idea by some story that was plain and near to us, that we might instantly see the force and bearing of…- Contributor: Rothschild, Alonzo - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
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Image 26 of Copy 2 6 LINCOLN, MASTER OF MEN the chronicles indicate, was maintained with a sure hand, to the end. It is not to be assumed that Abraham was generally considered a prodigy by the…- Contributor: Rothschild, Alonzo - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
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Image 27 of Copy 2 A SAMSON OF THE BACKWOODS 7 far beyond the narrow horizon of his chinks and crevices, into the broad world beyond. There, like his favorite hero, Parson Weems s impossible Washington, he…- Contributor: Rothschild, Alonzo - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
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Image 28 of Copy 2 8 LINCOLN, MASTER OF MEN was not allowed to diminish his part in the more com- mon ambition to do. On the contrary, the two aspirations appear to have kept pace so…- Contributor: Rothschild, Alonzo - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
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Image 29 of Copy 2 A SAMSON OF THE BACKWOODS 9 good-natured young fellow. So that, all in all, heavy drafts must have been made upon him.^ He met them despite his dislike for manual labor on…- Contributor: Rothschild, Alonzo - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
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Image 30 of Copy 2 lo LINCOLN, MASTER OF MEN Lincoln s employment throughout the neighborhood as a hired man afforded him abundant opportunity for the display of his powers. A certain good-humored sense of duty, no…- Contributor: Rothschild, Alonzo - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
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Image 31 of Copy 2 A SAMSON OF THE BACKWOODS ii with them to the place where they were wanted. The Richardson chicken-house and the posts of the corn-crib should obviously go down in story, side by…- Contributor: Rothschild, Alonzo - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
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Image 32 of Copy 2 12 LINCOLN, MASTER OF MEN the astonishment of the incredulous stranger, did as had been stipuhited. He did not, the narrator is careful to add, stand erect and elevate the barrel, but…- Contributor: Rothschild, Alonzo - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
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Image 33 of Copy 2 A SAMSON OF THE BACKWOODS 13 Several other border Hectors, according to tradition, found him to be invulnerable and one, with whom he had a bitter quarrel, came out of a rough-and-tumble…- Contributor: Rothschild, Alonzo - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
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Image 34 of Copy 2 14 LINCOLN, MASTER OF MEN corners swift. Still others bore witness to his pugilis- tic ti^iumphs and Mr. Lincoln himself found pleasure in recalling his chaplet of wild olives many years later…- Contributor: Rothschild, Alonzo - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
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Image 35 of Copy 2 A SAMSON OF THE BACKWOODS 15 with the pride of the man. It was at such a period that Abraham s resentment toward those against whom he had grievances, real or fancied,…- Contributor: Rothschild, Alonzo - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
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Image 36 of Copy 2 1 6 LINCOLN, MASTER OF MEN lead the fun, as was his wont, must have been keen. The slight vexed him even more than did the disap- pointment, for the Grigsbys constituted…- Contributor: Rothschild, Alonzo - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
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Image 37 of Copy 2 A SAMSON OF THE BACKWOODS 17 up to the very edge of the ring, Abe cried out that Bill Boland showed foul play, and, bursting out of the crowd, seized Grigsby by…- Contributor: Rothschild, Alonzo - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
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Image 38 of Copy 2 1 8 LINCOLN, MASTER OF MEN was of greater importance, it secured to him, three years later, his first voyage down the Mississippi. A trading expedition to the towns on the banks…- Contributor: Rothschild, Alonzo - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
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Image 39 of Copy 2 A SAMSON OF THE BACKWOODS 19 During the ensuing few years, the young boatman must have kept his laurels green. At least, he did not, even in the first absorbing struggles of…- Contributor: Rothschild, Alonzo - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
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Image 40 of Copy 2 20 LINCOLN, MASTER OF MEN code. On the contrary, the desire to test a newcomer s mettle appears to have prompted conduct the reverse of kind. When their impertinent challenges to contests…- Contributor: Rothschild, Alonzo - Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1906