Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 1R. Clarke Company, 1904 |
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... expected to bear the brunt of the undertaking , this commission . was a great affair ; and it gave him , for the first time , ( in reality , not in dream , ) a long outlook and excur- sion among far - off places and people . Of this ...
... expected to bear the brunt of the undertaking , this commission . was a great affair ; and it gave him , for the first time , ( in reality , not in dream , ) a long outlook and excur- sion among far - off places and people . Of this ...
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... expected to be the permanent and final one . There was of course a formidable Vandalia interest opposed to change . But after a severe and protracted contest — the battle at one time seeming to all the Springfield party except Lincoln ...
... expected to be the permanent and final one . There was of course a formidable Vandalia interest opposed to change . But after a severe and protracted contest — the battle at one time seeming to all the Springfield party except Lincoln ...
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... expected to reply to whatever he thought needed such attention in the speeches of the other side . He unhesitatingly grappled with the stoutest arguments of the Democratic champions ; but a little by - play of less gravity probably gave ...
... expected to reply to whatever he thought needed such attention in the speeches of the other side . He unhesitatingly grappled with the stoutest arguments of the Democratic champions ; but a little by - play of less gravity probably gave ...
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... expected them to do otherwise than they did was to expect a rever- sal of human nature , which is God's decree , and can never be reversed . . . When all such of us as have now reached the years of maturity first opened our eyes upon ...
... expected them to do otherwise than they did was to expect a rever- sal of human nature , which is God's decree , and can never be reversed . . . When all such of us as have now reached the years of maturity first opened our eyes upon ...
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... expected . The Sangamon district convention was called to meet in May ( 1843 ) . His own county had a larger number of delegates than any other , and he had certainly well earned its support . But there was another Springfield aspirant ...
... expected . The Sangamon district convention was called to meet in May ( 1843 ) . His own county had a larger number of delegates than any other , and he had certainly well earned its support . But there was another Springfield aspirant ...
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