Abraham Lincoln Goes to New YorkStory of the country lawyer's first trip to sophisticated New York, and full text of famous Cooper Union speech he delivered there February 27, 1860. |
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... fact , it was said that it was Bowen who eventually persuaded Beecher to take a more serious attitude toward slavery . The American Anti - Slavery Society was founded by William Lloyd Garrison , most militant of all spokesmen for ...
... fact , it was said that it was Bowen who eventually persuaded Beecher to take a more serious attitude toward slavery . The American Anti - Slavery Society was founded by William Lloyd Garrison , most militant of all spokesmen for ...
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... fact that he was unable to include “ the tones , the gestures , the kindling eye and the mirth - provoking look " of the speaker which , he said , " defy the reporter's skill . " Lincoln did not see the Evening Post that day because he ...
... fact that he was unable to include “ the tones , the gestures , the kindling eye and the mirth - provoking look " of the speaker which , he said , " defy the reporter's skill . " Lincoln did not see the Evening Post that day because he ...
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... fact that we get no votes in your section , is a fact of your making , and not of ours . And if there be fault in that fact , that fault is primarily yours , and remains so until you show that we repel you by some wrong principle or ...
... fact that we get no votes in your section , is a fact of your making , and not of ours . And if there be fault in that fact , that fault is primarily yours , and remains so until you show that we repel you by some wrong principle or ...
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