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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... wish that you should . Do not understand by this , that I wish to cut your acquaintance . I mean no such thing . What I do wish is , that our further acquaintance shall depend upon yourself . If such further acquaintance would ...
... wish that you should . Do not understand by this , that I wish to cut your acquaintance . I mean no such thing . What I do wish is , that our further acquaintance shall depend upon yourself . If such further acquaintance would ...
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... wish further to say , that I do not propose to question the patriotism , or to assail the motives of any man , or class of men ; but rather to strictly confine myself to the naked merits of the question . I also wish to be no less than ...
... wish further to say , that I do not propose to question the patriotism , or to assail the motives of any man , or class of men ; but rather to strictly confine myself to the naked merits of the question . I also wish to be no less than ...
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... wish on any thing . In that passage I indicated no wish or purpose of my own ; I simply expressed my expectation . Can not the Judge perceive a distinction between a purpose and an expectation ? I have often expressed an expectation to ...
... wish on any thing . In that passage I indicated no wish or purpose of my own ; I simply expressed my expectation . Can not the Judge perceive a distinction between a purpose and an expectation ? I have often expressed an expectation to ...
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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