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 97
... officers , Land officers , and some new officers to be appointed in the same way that those first enumerated are . Has a year passed , since the organization of the Government , that numerous defalcations have not occurred among this ...
... officers , Land officers , and some new officers to be appointed in the same way that those first enumerated are . Has a year passed , since the organization of the Government , that numerous defalcations have not occurred among this ...
Page 98
... officers are more honest than sworn officers of the Govern- ment . Not so . We insist on no such thing . We say that public officers , selected with reference to their capacity and honesty , ( which by the way , we deny is the practice ...
... officers are more honest than sworn officers of the Govern- ment . Not so . We insist on no such thing . We say that public officers , selected with reference to their capacity and honesty , ( which by the way , we deny is the practice ...
Page 150
... officers of State say about it , and they are a desarnin set of men . ' ' But , ' says I , ' I guess you're mistaken ... officers of State " ; and you know , Jeff , we can't get along without officers of State . ' ' Damn officers ...
... officers of State say about it , and they are a desarnin set of men . ' ' But , ' says I , ' I guess you're mistaken ... officers of State " ; and you know , Jeff , we can't get along without officers of State . ' ' Damn officers ...
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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