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 687
... force alone ; while all it would cost , considering amounts , and manner of payment , and times of payment , would be easier paid than will be the additional cost of the war , if we rely solely upon force . It is much - very much- that ...
... force alone ; while all it would cost , considering amounts , and manner of payment , and times of payment , would be easier paid than will be the additional cost of the war , if we rely solely upon force . It is much - very much- that ...
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... force at Fredericksburg , tempting you to fall upon it , it would fight in intrenchments , and have you at dis- advantage , and so , man for man , worst you at that point , while his main force would in some way be getting an advantage ...
... force at Fredericksburg , tempting you to fall upon it , it would fight in intrenchments , and have you at dis- advantage , and so , man for man , worst you at that point , while his main force would in some way be getting an advantage ...
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... force of arms . This I am trying to do . Are you for it ? If you are , so far we are agreed . If you are not for it ... force , nor yet for dissolution , there only remains some imaginable compromise . I do not believe any compromise ...
... force of arms . This I am trying to do . Are you for it ? If you are , so far we are agreed . If you are not for it ... force , nor yet for dissolution , there only remains some imaginable compromise . I do not believe any compromise ...
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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