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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... speak in this Emporium , at Cooper Institute [ a popular name for Cooper Union ] , on Monday evening . He will speak in exposition and defense of the Republican faith ; and we urge earnest Republicans to induce their friends and neigh ...
... speak in this Emporium , at Cooper Institute [ a popular name for Cooper Union ] , on Monday evening . He will speak in exposition and defense of the Republican faith ; and we urge earnest Republicans to induce their friends and neigh ...
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... speak to the chil- dren . Edward Eggleston , the American author , known for his Hoosier novels , wrote about that visit and quoted Lincoln as follows : " Washburne spoke , then I was urged to speak . I told them I did not know anything ...
... speak to the chil- dren . Edward Eggleston , the American author , known for his Hoosier novels , wrote about that visit and quoted Lincoln as follows : " Washburne spoke , then I was urged to speak . I told them I did not know anything ...
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... speak - among you to be ad- mitted or permitted to speak at all . Now , can you , or not , be prevailed upon to pause and to consider whether this is quite just to us , or even to yourselves ? Bring forward your charges and ...
... speak - among you to be ad- mitted or permitted to speak at all . Now , can you , or not , be prevailed upon to pause and to consider whether this is quite just to us , or even to yourselves ? Bring forward your charges and ...
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