LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY
[FEBRUARY 12] Good stories for great holidays : arranged for story-telling and
reading aloud and for the children's own reading | ||
THE COURAGE OF HIS CONVICTIONS
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MR. LINCOLN made the great speech of his famous senatorial campaign at Springfield, Illinois. The convention before which he spoke consisted of a thousand delegates together with the crowd that had gathered with them.
His speech was carefully prepared. Every
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Mr. Herndon remarked that the sentiment was true, but suggested that it might not be good policy to utter it at that time.
Mr. Lincoln replied with great firmness: “No matter about the policy. It is true, and the nation is entitled to it. The proposition has been true for six thousand years, and I will deliver it as it is written.”
LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY
[FEBRUARY 12] Good stories for great holidays : arranged for story-telling and
reading aloud and for the children's own reading | ||