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title: 'The Character of Abraham Lincoln'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'Robert Mayne Patterson'
date: 1865-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Autobiography and Biography'
- 'History (General)'
scriptures:
- 'Psalms 23'
- 'John 11'
- 'Romans 13'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/patterson-1865-the-character-of-abraham-lincoln
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# The Character of Abraham Lincoln

A pastor's character sketch of Abraham Lincoln: his humble frontier origins, physical and moral strengths as wartime leader, and the nation's profound grief after his assassination.

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