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 242
... suppose it is a just conclusion , with you , to say Cass was aiding Harrison to pick whortleberries . This is about all , except the mooted question of the broken sword . Some authors say he broke it ; some say he threw it away ; and ...
... suppose it is a just conclusion , with you , to say Cass was aiding Harrison to pick whortleberries . This is about all , except the mooted question of the broken sword . Some authors say he broke it ; some say he threw it away ; and ...
Page 454
... suppose there was a man in America with a heart so corrupt as to believe such a charge could be true . I have too much respect for Mr. Lincoln to suppose he is serious in making the charge . " I confess this is rather a curious view ...
... suppose there was a man in America with a heart so corrupt as to believe such a charge could be true . I have too much respect for Mr. Lincoln to suppose he is serious in making the charge . " I confess this is rather a curious view ...
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... suppose , that there is not much of me . If anything be made out of it , I wish it to be modest , and not to go beyond the materials . If it were thought necessary to incor- porate any thing from any of my speeches , I suppose there ...
... suppose , that there is not much of me . If anything be made out of it , I wish it to be modest , and not to go beyond the materials . If it were thought necessary to incor- porate any thing from any of my speeches , I suppose there ...
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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