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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... told the delegates : " ... A house divided against itself cannot stand . ' I believe this government cannot endure , permanently half slave and half free . I do not expect the Union to be dissolved - I do not expect the house to fall ...
... told the delegates : " ... A house divided against itself cannot stand . ' I believe this government cannot endure , permanently half slave and half free . I do not expect the Union to be dissolved - I do not expect the house to fall ...
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... told them that I had been poor ; that I remembered when my toes stuck out through my broken shoes in winter ; when my arms were out at the elbows ; when I shivered with the cold . And I told them there was only one rule ; that was ...
... told them that I had been poor ; that I remembered when my toes stuck out through my broken shoes in winter ; when my arms were out at the elbows ; when I shivered with the cold . And I told them there was only one rule ; that was ...
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... told , if copies of the speech were delivered to them in advance . But Lincoln had only one copy . What should he do ? The practice , McCormick told him , was to give the speech to a friendly newspaper which would put it in type and ...
... told , if copies of the speech were delivered to them in advance . But Lincoln had only one copy . What should he do ? The practice , McCormick told him , was to give the speech to a friendly newspaper which would put it in type and ...
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