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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... tion . Although he did not reach his peak as a literary artist until an even greater theme - preservation of the Union - began to dominate his thinking , during the next six years he composed a body of speeches and letters which in ...
... tion . Although he did not reach his peak as a literary artist until an even greater theme - preservation of the Union - began to dominate his thinking , during the next six years he composed a body of speeches and letters which in ...
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... tion by Congress over this matter ; and I am in favor of leaving the people of any territory which may be hereafter acquired the right to regulate it themselves , under the general principles of the Constitution . Because , " 1. I do ...
... tion by Congress over this matter ; and I am in favor of leaving the people of any territory which may be hereafter acquired the right to regulate it themselves , under the general principles of the Constitution . Because , " 1. I do ...
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... tion . The moral weight of such a vote can not be estimated too highly . The authors of Nebraska are not at all satisfied with the destruction of the compromise an endorsement of this PRIN- CIPLE they proclaim to be the great object ...
... tion . The moral weight of such a vote can not be estimated too highly . The authors of Nebraska are not at all satisfied with the destruction of the compromise an endorsement of this PRIN- CIPLE they proclaim to be the great object ...
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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