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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... hands to furnish food , it was probably intended that that particular pair of hands should feed that particular mouth- that each head is the natural guardian , director and pro- tector of the hands and mouth inseparably connected with ...
... hands to furnish food , it was probably intended that that particular pair of hands should feed that particular mouth- that each head is the natural guardian , director and pro- tector of the hands and mouth inseparably connected with ...
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... hands , under a National Bank , as it would do under the Sub- Treasury . It is true that under either system ... hands , that opportunity is afforded , and temptation held out to them to embezzle and escape with it . By the Bank system ...
... hands , under a National Bank , as it would do under the Sub- Treasury . It is true that under either system ... hands , that opportunity is afforded , and temptation held out to them to embezzle and escape with it . By the Bank system ...
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... hands but their own , that thing is the preservation and perpetuity , of their own liberties , and institutions . And if they shall think , as I do , that the extension of slavery endangers them , more than any , or all other causes ...
... hands but their own , that thing is the preservation and perpetuity , of their own liberties , and institutions . And if they shall think , as I do , that the extension of slavery endangers them , more than any , or all other causes ...
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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