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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... thing that the country could afford to extend it . " Those were the tactics of the celebrated debates that followed . The idea for discussing the issues from the same platform originated with Lincoln who proposed it to Douglas on July ...
... thing that the country could afford to extend it . " Those were the tactics of the celebrated debates that followed . The idea for discussing the issues from the same platform originated with Lincoln who proposed it to Douglas on July ...
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... thing of mine in the Cooper Institute " and in a letter to his wife . According to Briggs , Lincoln , upon his return to New York from New England , said to him : " I have seen what all the New York papers said about that thing of mine ...
... thing of mine in the Cooper Institute " and in a letter to his wife . According to Briggs , Lincoln , upon his return to New York from New England , said to him : " I have seen what all the New York papers said about that thing of mine ...
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... thing to be attended to . Indeed , such condemnation of us seems to be an indispensable prerequisite - license , so to speak - among you to be ad- mitted or permitted to speak at all . Now , can you , or not , be prevailed upon to pause ...
... thing to be attended to . Indeed , such condemnation of us seems to be an indispensable prerequisite - license , so to speak - among you to be ad- mitted or permitted to speak at all . Now , can you , or not , be prevailed upon to pause ...
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