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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... wrong principle or practice . If we do repel you by any wrong principle or practice , the fault is ours ; but this brings you to where you ought to have started - to a discussion of the right or wrong of our princi- ple . If our ...
... wrong principle or practice . If we do repel you by any wrong principle or practice , the fault is ours ; but this brings you to where you ought to have started - to a discussion of the right or wrong of our princi- ple . If our ...
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... wrong . If slavery is right , all words , acts , laws , and constitutions against it , are themselves wrong , and should be silenced , and swept away . If it is right , we cannot justly object to its nation- ality - its universality ...
... wrong . If slavery is right , all words , acts , laws , and constitutions against it , are themselves wrong , and should be silenced , and swept away . If it is right , we cannot justly object to its nation- ality - its universality ...
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... wrong , as we do , can we yield to them ? Can we cast our votes with their view , and against our own ? In view of our moral , social , and political responsibilities , can we do this ? Wrong as we think slavery is , we can yet afford ...
... wrong , as we do , can we yield to them ? Can we cast our votes with their view , and against our own ? In view of our moral , social , and political responsibilities , can we do this ? Wrong as we think slavery is , we can yet afford ...
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