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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... less dear to us as Americans - will none the less take their place among those whose names the good , throughout the world , will not willingly let die . Of this class , pre - eminently , was the statesman whose life and public services ...
... less dear to us as Americans - will none the less take their place among those whose names the good , throughout the world , will not willingly let die . Of this class , pre - eminently , was the statesman whose life and public services ...
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... on the latter , to go back and run the mind over the string of historical facts already stated . Several things will now appear less dark and Objects of the Movers . Singular Result . mysterious than * 26 LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
... on the latter , to go back and run the mind over the string of historical facts already stated . Several things will now appear less dark and Objects of the Movers . Singular Result . mysterious than * 26 LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
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... less a sacred right to buy them where they can be bought cheapest ? And , unquestionably they can be bought cheaper in Africa than in Virginia . " He has done all in his power to reduce the whole question of slavery to one of a mere ...
... less a sacred right to buy them where they can be bought cheapest ? And , unquestionably they can be bought cheaper in Africa than in Virginia . " He has done all in his power to reduce the whole question of slavery to one of a mere ...
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... less access to history and less leisure to study it , into the false belief that our fathers , who framed the government under which we live , ' were of the same opinion thus sub- stituting falsehood and deception for truthful evidence ...
... less access to history and less leisure to study it , into the false belief that our fathers , who framed the government under which we live , ' were of the same opinion thus sub- stituting falsehood and deception for truthful evidence ...
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... Less than eight years before Washington gave that warning , he had , as President of the United States , approved and signed an act of Congress enforcing the prohibition of slavery in the Northwestern Territory , which act embodied the ...
... Less than eight years before Washington gave that warning , he had , as President of the United States , approved and signed an act of Congress enforcing the prohibition of slavery in the Northwestern Territory , which act embodied the ...
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