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Word: accidentâ (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1923-1923
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...leading article of the first issue is by Isaac R. Pennypacker and is entitled The Lincoln Legend. It shows that until about 40 years before Abraham Lincoln entered public life, the Lincolns were a wealthy and distinguished family of ironmasters who spoke the king's English. By an accident???the fact that Lincoln's grandfather was killed by Indians when Lincoln's father was only six years old? the President was born poor. The article then goes on to argue that Lincoln was a poor general, none too good a judge of men, a shrewd politician...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bichloride of Mercury | 12/31/1923 | See Source »

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