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Page 35
Before going to the war , Lincoln had announced himself a candidate for
Representative in the Legislature , avowing in his printed address substantially
the principles of Henry Clay , and enlarging especially on the feasibility and great
...
Before going to the war , Lincoln had announced himself a candidate for
Representative in the Legislature , avowing in his printed address substantially
the principles of Henry Clay , and enlarging especially on the feasibility and great
...
Page 52
Position , he principle , in prinof the file sound in democrats a figurat ; in the
heegure — that is , theart and Kumerable It seems and honestite song on itse
sometimes err in practice , they are always correct in principle , whereas the latter
are ...
Position , he principle , in prinof the file sound in democrats a figurat ; in the
heegure — that is , theart and Kumerable It seems and honestite song on itse
sometimes err in practice , they are always correct in principle , whereas the latter
are ...
Page 63
She preferred the principles and habits of Lincoln to those of Douglas , as she
avowed afterward ; and if she was also influenced by ambition , her political
intuition — famous in later life — was not now at fault . To a friend of her girlhood
she ...
She preferred the principles and habits of Lincoln to those of Douglas , as she
avowed afterward ; and if she was also influenced by ambition , her political
intuition — famous in later life — was not now at fault . To a friend of her girlhood
she ...
Page 92
The question remained as an inheritance to the Thirtieth Congress , and had lost
nothing of its significance after an immense territorial area had been positively
acquired under the ratified treaty with Mexico . In whatever form the principle
came ...
The question remained as an inheritance to the Thirtieth Congress , and had lost
nothing of its significance after an immense territorial area had been positively
acquired under the ratified treaty with Mexico . In whatever form the principle
came ...
Page 96
In this speech occurs , in an incidental way , the most explicit expression given by
him in Congress concerning the cardinal principle of the new Republican party ,
as yet neither formed nor foreseen . After saying he did not certainly know what ...
In this speech occurs , in an incidental way , the most explicit expression given by
him in Congress concerning the cardinal principle of the new Republican party ,
as yet neither formed nor foreseen . After saying he did not certainly know what ...
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