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- adjective Of or pertaining to US president Abraham Lincoln.
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Examples
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a kind of Lincolnian ability to expose a fallacy: He is still a young man, self-made, and studied law under Judge Brice of St. Louis, once
A Modern Chronicle — Complete Winston Churchill 1909
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He appears to carry all before him by the sheer force of intellect, and by a kind of Lincolnian ability to expose a fallacy: He is still a young man, self-made, and studied law under Judge Brice of St. Louis, once President of the National Bar Association, whose partner he is "....
A Modern Chronicle — Volume 05 Winston Churchill 1909
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He appears to carry all before him by the sheer force of intellect, and by a kind of Lincolnian ability to expose a fallacy: He is still a young man, self-made, and studied law under Judge Brice of St. Louis, once President of the National Bar Association, whose partner he is "....
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909
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Nice set of Lincolnian truisms ya got there, dr_stunt.
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And it should be made to fulfill that Lincolnian phrase-of, by and FOR the people.
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Suppression of the free press became a Lincolnian mantra.
Brag Bowling: How did the Northern newspapers treat the news of South Carolina's secession? Brag Bowling 2011
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First, it should have a Lincolnian purpose – to heal the domestic divisions caused by the Iraq War, instead of laying claim to political credit for the fulfillment of a campaign pledge.
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Then there was this brilliant Lincolnian passage of 132 words or $1853.28:
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Then there was this brilliant Lincolnian passage of 132 words or $1853.28:
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First, it should have a Lincolnian purpose – to heal the domestic divisions caused by the Iraq War, instead of laying claim to political credit for the fulfillment of a campaign pledge.
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