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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... Repeal the Missouri Compromise — repeal all compromises - repeal the Declaration of Independence - repeal all past history , you still cannot repeal human nature . It will be the abundance of man's heart , that slavery extension is ...
... Repeal the Missouri Compromise — repeal all compromises - repeal the Declaration of Independence - repeal all past history , you still cannot repeal human nature . It will be the abundance of man's heart , that slavery extension is ...
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... repeal ; and therefore should not now com- plain of it . And lastly , that the repeal establishes a principle , which is intrinsically right . I will attempt an answer to each of them in its turn . First , then , if that country was in ...
... repeal ; and therefore should not now com- plain of it . And lastly , that the repeal establishes a principle , which is intrinsically right . I will attempt an answer to each of them in its turn . First , then , if that country was in ...
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... repeal omitted in the Nebraska bill of 1853 ? -Why was it omitted in the original bill of 1854 ? Why , in the accompanying report , was such a repeal characterized as a departure from the course pursued in 1850 ? and its continued ...
... repeal omitted in the Nebraska bill of 1853 ? -Why was it omitted in the original bill of 1854 ? Why , in the accompanying report , was such a repeal characterized as a departure from the course pursued in 1850 ? and its continued ...
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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