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... thought , which will sometimes wear the sweetest idea thread - bare and turn it to the bitterness of death . The third is , the rapid and near approach of that crisis on which all your thoughts and feelings concentrate . If from all ...
... thought , which will sometimes wear the sweetest idea thread - bare and turn it to the bitterness of death . The third is , the rapid and near approach of that crisis on which all your thoughts and feelings concentrate . If from all ...
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... thought more than any man in his sphere in America . " Herndon exaggerated , but only by magnifying a truth . Lincoln thought incessantly ; and often , to give his thoughts precision 196 The Living Lincoln.
... thought more than any man in his sphere in America . " Herndon exaggerated , but only by magnifying a truth . Lincoln thought incessantly ; and often , to give his thoughts precision 196 The Living Lincoln.
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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 U. S. or the people thereof ; and that it was unconstitutional , because the power of levying ...
... thought the act of sending an armed force among the Mexicans , was unnecessary , inasmuch as Mexico was in no way molesting , or menacing the U. S. or the people thereof ; and that it was unconstitutional , because the power of levying ...
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