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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... thought clear and a clear thought clearer . " The implication of a purely utilitarian motive hardly does justice to Lincoln's imaginative quality of mind . Herndon insisted , and others have agreed , that Lincoln had " no sense of the ...
... thought clear and a clear thought clearer . " The implication of a purely utilitarian motive hardly does justice to Lincoln's imaginative quality of mind . Herndon insisted , and others have agreed , that Lincoln had " no sense of the ...
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... 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 such assaults upon all we have ever really ...
... 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 such assaults upon all we have ever really ...
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... thought the act of sending an armed force among the Mexicans was unnecessary , inasmuch as Mexico was in no way molesting or menacing the United States or the people thereof ; and that it was unconstitutional , because the power of ...
... thought the act of sending an armed force among the Mexicans was unnecessary , inasmuch as Mexico was in no way molesting or menacing the United States or the people thereof ; and that it was unconstitutional , because the power of ...
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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