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... North , as his " countrymen , one and all , and with an outburst of indescribable tenderness , exclaimed : " We are not enemies , but friends . We must not be enemies . " And then in those wondrously sweet and touching words which even ...
... North , as his " countrymen , one and all , and with an outburst of indescribable tenderness , exclaimed : " We are not enemies , but friends . We must not be enemies . " And then in those wondrously sweet and touching words which even ...
Page xvii
... North . The crowning glory of Lincoln's administration , and the greatest executive act in American history , was his immortal Proclamation of Emancipation . Perhaps more clearly than anyone else Lincoln had realized years before he was ...
... North . The crowning glory of Lincoln's administration , and the greatest executive act in American history , was his immortal Proclamation of Emancipation . Perhaps more clearly than anyone else Lincoln had realized years before he was ...
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... north or the south , or wherever I should address the people of Illinois . I hold that when the time arrives that I cannot proclaim my po- litical creed in the same terms not only in the northern but the southern part of Illinois , not ...
... north or the south , or wherever I should address the people of Illinois . I hold that when the time arrives that I cannot proclaim my po- litical creed in the same terms not only in the northern but the southern part of Illinois , not ...
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... - litionism had even so far divided this country , North and South , as to endanger the peace of the Union . Whigs and Democrats united in establishing the compromise measures of that year , and restoring 20 [ Oct. 15 Stephen A. Douglas.
... - litionism had even so far divided this country , North and South , as to endanger the peace of the Union . Whigs and Democrats united in establishing the compromise measures of that year , and restoring 20 [ Oct. 15 Stephen A. Douglas.
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... North and the South , and I will defend it against whoever assails it , and I will follow it wherever its logical conclusions lead me . I say to you that there is but one hope , one safety for this country , and that is to stand ...
... North and the South , and I will defend it against whoever assails it , and I will follow it wherever its logical conclusions lead me . I say to you that there is but one hope , one safety for this country , and that is to stand ...
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