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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... less often , at least less obviously than in his early works , and during his middle period they become more effective and dramatic , though they remain consistently natural , even homely , in quality . Even his finest figures in his ...
... less often , at least less obviously than in his early works , and during his middle period they become more effective and dramatic , though they remain consistently natural , even homely , in quality . Even his finest figures in his ...
Page 313
... less than a whig- less than a man - less than an American . I particularly object to the NEW position which the avowed principle of this Nebraska law gives to slavery in the body politic . I object to it because it assumes that there ...
... less than a whig- less than a man - less than an American . I particularly object to the NEW position which the avowed principle of this Nebraska law gives to slavery in the body politic . I object to it because it assumes that there ...
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... less than half the labor which would be required if it were spread over five acres . This would be true , if cut by the old hand sickle ; true , to a ... less , and with less satisfaction ; allows his fences HIS SPEECHES AND WRITINGS 497.
... less than half the labor which would be required if it were spread over five acres . This would be true , if cut by the old hand sickle ; true , to a ... less , and with less satisfaction ; allows his fences HIS SPEECHES AND WRITINGS 497.
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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