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Page 27
... particular dirty work for the railroad would have had a better income than Lincoln's . What Lincoln was doing in the trial of cases , day after day and year after year , was examining and cross - examining wit- nesses . The accounts are ...
... particular dirty work for the railroad would have had a better income than Lincoln's . What Lincoln was doing in the trial of cases , day after day and year after year , was examining and cross - examining wit- nesses . The accounts are ...
Page 164
... particular case . He repeatedly drew the distinction between resistance in the par- ticular case and a drive to overrule the general proposition . His justification was that he did not advocate anything but acquies- cence in the ...
... particular case . He repeatedly drew the distinction between resistance in the par- ticular case and a drive to overrule the general proposition . His justification was that he did not advocate anything but acquies- cence in the ...
Page 182
... particular checkered map , " It looks very much like it represents a fancy bedquilt . " When a witness who had lived in Illinois since before its statehood was called and was asked how long he had resided there , Lincoln observed , “ I ...
... particular checkered map , " It looks very much like it represents a fancy bedquilt . " When a witness who had lived in Illinois since before its statehood was called and was asked how long he had resided there , Lincoln observed , “ I ...
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