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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... speak for them- selves . Only such an arrangement is needed as shall show the bearing of each upon the other , the development of each , the pro- cesses of growth . Those words of the lamented dead which nestle in our hearts so tenderly ...
... speak for them- selves . Only such an arrangement is needed as shall show the bearing of each upon the other , the development of each , the pro- cesses of growth . Those words of the lamented dead which nestle in our hearts so tenderly ...
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... you know I am a military hero ? Yes , sir , in the days of the Black Hawk war , I fought , bled , and came away . Speaking of General Cass's career , * Speech . Engages in Politics . Elected to the. BOYHOOD AND EARLY MANHOOD . 15.
... you know I am a military hero ? Yes , sir , in the days of the Black Hawk war , I fought , bled , and came away . Speaking of General Cass's career , * Speech . Engages in Politics . Elected to the. BOYHOOD AND EARLY MANHOOD . 15.
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... speak , content to play the part of an observer rather than of an actor . It was at this period that he became acquainted with Stephen A. Douglas , then a recent immigrant from Vermont , in connec- tion with whom he was destined to ...
... speak , content to play the part of an observer rather than of an actor . It was at this period that he became acquainted with Stephen A. Douglas , then a recent immigrant from Vermont , in connec- tion with whom he was destined to ...
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... speak- compounded of the Nebraska doctrine , and the Dred Scott decision . Let him consider not only what work the machinery is adapted to do , and how well adapted , but also let him study Opening Speech . Squatter Sovereignty ...
... speak- compounded of the Nebraska doctrine , and the Dred Scott decision . Let him consider not only what work the machinery is adapted to do , and how well adapted , but also let him study Opening Speech . Squatter Sovereignty ...
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... speaking out then would have damaged the " perfectly free " argument upon which the election was to be carried . " Why the outgoing President's felicitation on the indorse- ment ? Why the delay of a re - argument ? Why the in- coming ...
... speaking out then would have damaged the " perfectly free " argument upon which the election was to be carried . " Why the outgoing President's felicitation on the indorse- ment ? Why the delay of a re - argument ? Why the in- coming ...
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