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 360
... equal ; but in her natural right to eat the bread she earns with her own hands without asking leave of any one else , she is my equal , and the equal of all others . Chief Justice Taney , in his opinion in the Dred Scott case , ad- mits ...
... equal ; but in her natural right to eat the bread she earns with her own hands without asking leave of any one else , she is my equal , and the equal of all others . Chief Justice Taney , in his opinion in the Dred Scott case , ad- mits ...
Page 423
... equal in all respects . They are not our equal in color ; but I suppose that it does mean to declare that all men are equal in some respects ; they are equal in their right to " life , liberty and the pursuit of happiness . " Certainly ...
... equal in all respects . They are not our equal in color ; but I suppose that it does mean to declare that all men are equal in some respects ; they are equal in their right to " life , liberty and the pursuit of happiness . " Certainly ...
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... equal in many respects - certainly not in color , perhaps not in moral or intellectual endowment . But in the right to eat the bread , without the leave of anybody else , which his own hand earns , he is my equal , and the equal of ...
... equal in many respects - certainly not in color , perhaps not in moral or intellectual endowment . But in the right to eat the bread , without the leave of anybody else , which his own hand earns , he is my equal , and the equal of ...
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Speech in the United States House | 27 |
Political Announcement | 53 |
Letter to Colonel Robert Allen June 21 1836 | 59 |
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