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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... friends - some political , all personal friends , I trust . May I be indulged , in this closing scene , to say a few words of myself . I have borne a labori- ous , and , in some respects to myself , a painful part in the contest ...
... friends - some political , all personal friends , I trust . May I be indulged , in this closing scene , to say a few words of myself . I have borne a labori- ous , and , in some respects to myself , a painful part in the contest ...
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... friends should begin to return to me from Trumbull . So I de- termined to strike at once ; and accordingly advised my remaining friends to go for him , which they did & elected him on that the 10th . ballot . Such is the way the thing ...
... friends should begin to return to me from Trumbull . So I de- termined to strike at once ; and accordingly advised my remaining friends to go for him , which they did & elected him on that the 10th . ballot . Such is the way the thing ...
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... Friends , one and all , I must now bid you an affectionate farewell . ” " My Friends : “ No one not in my position can appreciate the sad- ness I feel at this parting . To this people I owe all that I am . Here I have lived more than a ...
... Friends , one and all , I must now bid you an affectionate farewell . ” " My Friends : “ No one not in my position can appreciate the sad- ness I feel at this parting . To this people I owe all that I am . Here I have lived more than a ...
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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