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It is supposed to be at Springfield, Illinois, and was intended for a person once called a railsplitter -- a man much homelier than the typical hedge fence, but as good as homely.
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Lincoln's railsplitter image did him no harm when running for president, and though he was somewhat distracted by the Civil War he supported Secretary of State William Seward in the controversial purchase of Alaska.
Jonathan D. Moreno: America's Problem With "Progress" Jonathan D. Moreno 2012
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When it came to turning a nimble stanza, the old railsplitter was no slouch.
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When it came to turning a nimble stanza, the old railsplitter was no slouch.
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February 2009 will mark the 200th bicentennial of one of its greatest, the railsplitter from Illinois.
Jacob Heilbrunn: Obama and Lincoln: Giving Thanks on Thanksgiving 2008
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That railsplitter knew more about work than Tom DeLay or Hillary Clinton ever will.
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Some of it has to do with the sheer energy of the man, the railsplitter, ax-in-hand, looking out at a frontier of hope and possibility.
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It is carved as one might imagine a retired railsplitter would whittle, strongly but not smoothly, and evidently made with a view solely to convey to the minds of the patent authorities, by the simplest possible means, an idea of the purpose and plan of the invention.
The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln Browne, Francis F 1913
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Some one at our side says: "This railsplitter Lincoln, who carries the purse for him?"
Children of the Market Place Edgar Lee Masters 1909
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The railsplitter has disappeared to that house of state from whence he shall never emerge carefree and happy.
Children of the Market Place Edgar Lee Masters 1909
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