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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... honor as any man . It is the brightest gem in the chaplet of a nation's glory ; and there is nothing of which I am prouder than the high character for honor this country has acquired throughout the civilized world - that code of ...
... honor as any man . It is the brightest gem in the chaplet of a nation's glory ; and there is nothing of which I am prouder than the high character for honor this country has acquired throughout the civilized world - that code of ...
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... honor aims at nothing higher than land - than the ground on which we tread ? Do we look no higher , in our aspirations for honor , than do the soulless brutes ? Shall we disavow the similitude of our Maker , and disgrace the very name ...
... honor aims at nothing higher than land - than the ground on which we tread ? Do we look no higher , in our aspirations for honor , than do the soulless brutes ? Shall we disavow the similitude of our Maker , and disgrace the very name ...
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... honor of selecting me to make that address on this occasion - an honor for which I make my profound and grateful acknowledgment . I presume I am not expected to employ the time assigned me in the mere flattery of farmers , as a class ...
... honor of selecting me to make that address on this occasion - an honor for which I make my profound and grateful acknowledgment . I presume I am not expected to employ the time assigned me in the mere flattery of farmers , as a class ...
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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