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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Abraham Lincoln Roy P. Basler. in the less known pieces as high a degree of felicity in phrasing , and as remarkable an adaptation of tone to theme , as can be found in the more famous letters . Two days before he wrote the famous ...
Abraham Lincoln Roy P. Basler. in the less known pieces as high a degree of felicity in phrasing , and as remarkable an adaptation of tone to theme , as can be found in the more famous letters . Two days before he wrote the famous ...
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Abraham Lincoln Roy P. Basler. he paid no attention to this matter at all , but complimented me as being a “ kind , amiable , and intelligent gentleman , ” notwith- standing I had said this , he goes on and deduces , or draws out , from ...
Abraham Lincoln Roy P. Basler. he paid no attention to this matter at all , but complimented me as being a “ kind , amiable , and intelligent gentleman , ” notwith- standing I had said this , he goes on and deduces , or draws out , from ...
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... Lincoln , the fragment was possibly used in Lincoln's New England speeches , on the tour which followed the " Address at Cooper Institute ” ; or possibly written later , after December 30 , 1860 , when Lincoln received from Alexander H ...
... Lincoln , the fragment was possibly used in Lincoln's New England speeches , on the tour which followed the " Address at Cooper Institute ” ; or possibly written later , after December 30 , 1860 , when Lincoln received from Alexander H ...
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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