Abraham LincolnThis volume presents nearly 250 of Lincoln's most important speeches, state papers and letters in their entirety. Here are not only the masterpieces- the Gettysburg Address, the Inaugural Addresses, the 1858 Republican State Convention Speech and the Emancipation Proclamation - but hundreds of lesser-known ones, including excerpts from the Lincoln-Douglas debates, letters to Grant, McClellan, Stanton and his wife, and various meditations, verses and fragments. |
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... Declaration , not for that , but for future use . Its authors meant it to be , thank God , it is now proving itself , a stumbling block to those who in after times might seek to turn a free people back into the hateful paths of ...
... Declaration , not for that , but for future use . Its authors meant it to be , thank God , it is now proving itself , a stumbling block to those who in after times might seek to turn a free people back into the hateful paths of ...
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... Declaration . " They were speaking of British subjects on this continent being equal to British subjects born and residing in Great Britain ! " Why , according to this , not only negroes but white people outside of Great Britain and ...
... Declaration . " They were speaking of British subjects on this continent being equal to British subjects born and residing in Great Britain ! " Why , according to this , not only negroes but white people outside of Great Britain and ...
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... Declaration , and so they are . That is the electric cord in that Declaration that links the hearts of patriotic and liberty - loving men together , that will link those patriotic hearts as long as the love of freedom exists in the ...
... Declaration , and so they are . That is the electric cord in that Declaration that links the hearts of patriotic and liberty - loving men together , that will link those patriotic hearts as long as the love of freedom exists in the ...
Contents
Speech in the United States House | 27 |
Political Announcement | 53 |
Letter to Colonel Robert Allen June 21 1836 | 59 |
Copyright | |
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