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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... never with truth be said of me . I most emphatically , in this instance , made a fool of myself . I have now come to the conclu- sion never again to think of marrying , and for this reason ; I can never be satisfied with any one who ...
... never with truth be said of me . I most emphatically , in this instance , made a fool of myself . I have now come to the conclu- sion never again to think of marrying , and for this reason ; I can never be satisfied with any one who ...
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... never was much interested in the Texas question . I never could see much good to come of annexation ; inasmuch , as they were already a free republican people on our own model ; on the other hand , I never could very clearly see how the ...
... never was much interested in the Texas question . I never could see much good to come of annexation ; inasmuch , as they were already a free republican people on our own model ; on the other hand , I never could very clearly see how the ...
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... never thought of ; their own father never thought of , they never thought of themselves , a year ago . How fortunate for them , they did not sooner become sensible of their great misery ! Oh , how difficult it is to treat with respect ...
... never thought of ; their own father never thought of , they never thought of themselves , a year ago . How fortunate for them , they did not sooner become sensible of their great misery ! Oh , how difficult it is to treat with respect ...
Contents
Speech in the United States House | 27 |
Political Announcement | 53 |
Letter to Colonel Robert Allen June 21 1836 | 59 |
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