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Page 41
... told once more how local legislation could prohibit slavery ; then , with a ringing appeal to sustain the Constitution , the laws , and the courts , the last of the one hundred and thirty thousand odd words comprising the seven debates ...
... told once more how local legislation could prohibit slavery ; then , with a ringing appeal to sustain the Constitution , the laws , and the courts , the last of the one hundred and thirty thousand odd words comprising the seven debates ...
Page 43
... told of a Republican triumph ; but the lot of Lincoln was defeat . Though the Republican state ticket won by a small plurality , and Lincoln's popular vote exceeded Douglas ' , the Democrats won the Legislature.3 Six years later , on ...
... told of a Republican triumph ; but the lot of Lincoln was defeat . Though the Republican state ticket won by a small plurality , and Lincoln's popular vote exceeded Douglas ' , the Democrats won the Legislature.3 Six years later , on ...
Page 73
... told the small audience , with rich humor here and there , how in his opinion inventions came about . He told how Adam made the first invention - " the figleaf apron , " how speech was needed , invented . He made the mistake of ...
... told the small audience , with rich humor here and there , how in his opinion inventions came about . He told how Adam made the first invention - " the figleaf apron , " how speech was needed , invented . He made the mistake of ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Lincoln's Rise to Power: With Illustrations |
| Author | William Eldon Baringer |
| Publisher | Little, Brown and Company, 1937 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 2 Jun 2008 |
| Length | 373 pages |
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