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 447
... mind did rest in the belief that it was in the course of ultimate extinction . But lately , I think - and in this I charge nothing on the Judge's motives - lately , I think , that he , and those acting with him , have placed that ...
... mind did rest in the belief that it was in the course of ultimate extinction . But lately , I think - and in this I charge nothing on the Judge's motives - lately , I think , that he , and those acting with him , have placed that ...
Page 497
... mind , and , in reaction through his mind , back upon his business , is perhaps quite equal to any other of its effects . Every man is proud of what he does well , and no man is proud of what he does not do well . With the former , his ...
... mind , and , in reaction through his mind , back upon his business , is perhaps quite equal to any other of its effects . Every man is proud of what he does well , and no man is proud of what he does not do well . With the former , his ...
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... mind how faithfully , ably and brilliantly he has served the country , from a time far back in our history , when few of the now living had been born , and thenceforward continually , I cannot but think we are still his debtors . I ...
... mind how faithfully , ably and brilliantly he has served the country , from a time far back in our history , when few of the now living had been born , and thenceforward continually , I cannot but think we are still his debtors . I ...
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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