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The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: An A-Z Compendium of Quotes from the Most Eloquent of American Presidents Paperback - 1992
by Alex Ayres (Editor)
In this fascinating compendium are the best, funniest and most profound sayings of this most quotable of Chief Executives. From his youth in pioneer Illinois to the embattled White House of the Civil War, Lincoln never lost his capacity for dry humor--or his extraordinary gift of eloquence.
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Abraham Lincoln is the most frequently quoted United States President. In this fascinating compendium are the best, funniest and most profound sayings of this most quotable of Chief Executives. The quotes are arranged according to subject, providing a bit of Lincoln wit and wisdom for any situation. From his youth in pioneer Illinois to the embattled White House of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln never lost his capacity for dry humor--or his extraordinary gift of eloquence.
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"No other human occupation opens so wide a field for the profitable and agreeable combination of labor with cultivated thought, as agriculture," Abraham Lincoln declared in a speech before the Wiscosin Agricultural Society on September 30, 1859.
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- Title The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: An A-Z Compendium of Quotes from the Most Eloquent of American Presidents
- Author Alex Ayres (Editor)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Ninth Printing
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Adult Hc/Tr, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A
- Date 1992-02-01
- ISBN 9780452010895 / 0452010896
- Weight 0.48 lbs (0.22 kg)
- Dimensions 8 x 5.34 x 0.73 in (20.32 x 13.56 x 1.85 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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- Chronological Period: 1851-1899
- Topical: Civil War
- Library of Congress subjects Lincoln, Abraham - Quotations, Lincoln, Abraham - Humor
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 91025678
- Dewey Decimal Code 973.709
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