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Of those who were nearest to him, no one ever received the impression from his acts or his conversation that he thought of the Presidency as a possibility under any circumstances.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge Boutwell: “Of those who were nearest to him, no one ever received the impression from his acts or his conversation that he thought…”
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Boutwell asserts that those close to Lincoln did not perceive him as aspiring to the presidency.
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