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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Page 393
... believe you call it ; but I do not believe the language I employed bears any such construction as Judge Douglas put upon it . But I don't care about a quibble in regard to words . I know what I meant , and I will not leave this crowd in ...
... believe you call it ; but I do not believe the language I employed bears any such construction as Judge Douglas put upon it . But I don't care about a quibble in regard to words . I know what I meant , and I will not leave this crowd in ...
Page 394
... believe , by anything I have ever said . If , by any means , I have ever used language which could fairly be so construed , ( as , however , I believe I never have , ) I now correct it . So much , then , for the inference that Judge ...
... believe , by anything I have ever said . If , by any means , I have ever used language which could fairly be so construed , ( as , however , I believe I never have , ) I now correct it . So much , then , for the inference that Judge ...
Page 495
... believe , and do not believe , that I possess it . If that were what you seek in this address , any one of your own number , or class , would be more able to furnish it . You , perhaps , do expect me to give some general interest to the ...
... believe , and do not believe , that I possess it . If that were what you seek in this address , any one of your own number , or class , would be more able to furnish it . You , perhaps , do expect me to give some general interest to 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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