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Lincoln, Abraham, as President, [213]–[216]; theory and action of war power, [213]; as a precedent, [214]; popular support, [215]; and public opinion, [231]; as a prime minister, [241].
Linguistic ability, importance to historians, [49]–[52]; Gibbon’s, [133]; Gardiner’s, [143].
Literary criticism in The Nation, [291]–[295].
Literary style, acquisition by historian, [52]–[55]; Macaulay’s, [55]; Gibbon’s, [133]; Gardiner’s, [148]; Spencer Walpole’s, [165].
Lodge, H. C., in the House, [227].
Logan, J. A., at burning of Columbia, [303], [311], [312].
London Daily News, Godkin as American correspondent, [273].
Long Parliament, character of rump, [320].
Louisiana, purchase as precedent, [208]; overthrow of carpet-bag government, [248], [249].