Life of Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States: Containing His Early History and Political Career; Together with the Speeches, Messages, Proclamations and Other Official Documents Illustrative of His Eventful Administration |
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... GENTLEMEN OF THE CONVENTION : -If we could first know where we are , and whither we are tending , we could then better judge what to do , and how to do it . We are now far on into the fifth year , since a policy was initiated , with the ...
... GENTLEMEN OF THE CONVENTION : -If we could first know where we are , and whither we are tending , we could then better judge what to do , and how to do it . We are now far on into the fifth year , since a policy was initiated , with the ...
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... gentlemen , to all His creatures , to the whole great family of man . In their enlightened belief , no- thing stamped with the Divine image and likeness was sent into the world to be trodden on , and degraded , and imbruted by its ...
... gentlemen , to all His creatures , to the whole great family of man . In their enlightened belief , no- thing stamped with the Divine image and likeness was sent into the world to be trodden on , and degraded , and imbruted by its ...
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... gentlemen , I think you are as gallant and as brave men as live ; that you can fight as bravely in a good cause , man for man , as any other people living ; that you have shown yourselves capable of this upon various occasions ; but ...
... gentlemen , I think you are as gallant and as brave men as live ; that you can fight as bravely in a good cause , man for man , as any other people living ; that you have shown yourselves capable of this upon various occasions ; but ...
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... GENTLEMEN OF THE COMMITTEE : I tender to you , and through you to the Republican National Convention , and all the people represented in it , my pro- foundest thanks for the high honor done me , which you now The Response . The ...
... GENTLEMEN OF THE COMMITTEE : I tender to you , and through you to the Republican National Convention , and all the people represented in it , my pro- foundest thanks for the high honor done me , which you now The Response . The ...
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... GentlEMEN OF THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK : -It is with feelings of great diffi- dence , and , I may say , feelings even of awe , perhaps greater than I have recently experienced , that I meet you here in this place . The ...
... GentlEMEN OF THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK : -It is with feelings of great diffi- dence , and , I may say , feelings even of awe , perhaps greater than I have recently experienced , that I meet you here in this place . The ...
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