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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... ultimate extinction , or its advocates will push it forward until it shall become alike lawful in all the States North as well as South . ” 1 What is the paragraph ? In this paragraph which I have quoted in your hearing , and to which I ...
... ultimate extinction , or its advocates will push it forward until it shall become alike lawful in all the States North as well as South . ” 1 What is the paragraph ? In this paragraph which I have quoted in your hearing , and to which I ...
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... ultimate extinction . ( Pointing to Mr. Browning , who stood near by , ) Browning thought so ; the great mass of the nation have rested in the belief that slavery was in course of ultimate extinction . They had reason so to believe ...
... ultimate extinction . ( Pointing to Mr. Browning , who stood near by , ) Browning thought so ; the great mass of the nation have rested in the belief that slavery was in course of ultimate extinction . They had reason so to believe ...
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... ultimate extinction . But lately , I think - and in this I charge nothing on the Judge's motives - lately , I think , that he , and those acting with him , have placed that institution on a new basis , which looks to the perpetuity and ...
... ultimate extinction . But lately , I think - and in this I charge nothing on the Judge's motives - lately , I think , that he , and those acting with him , have placed that institution on a new basis , which looks to the perpetuity and ...
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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