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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... things - stamped him as an original . Disdaining the tricks of the mere rhetorician , he spoke from the heart to the heart , and was universally regarded by those with whom he came in contact as every inch a man , in the best and ...
... things - stamped him as an original . Disdaining the tricks of the mere rhetorician , he spoke from the heart to the heart , and was universally regarded by those with whom he came in contact as every inch a man , in the best and ...
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... thing , or all the other . Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it , and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in course of ultimate extinction , or its advocates will push it ...
... thing , or all the other . Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it , and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in course of ultimate extinction , or its advocates will push it ...
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... things look like the cautious patting and petting of a spirited horse preparatory to mounting him , when it is dreaded that he may give the rider a fall . And why the hasty after - indorsements of the decision , by the President and ...
... things look like the cautious patting and petting of a spirited horse preparatory to mounting him , when it is dreaded that he may give the rider a fall . And why the hasty after - indorsements of the decision , by the President and ...
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... thing stamped with the Divine image and likeness was sent into the world to be trodden on , and degraded , and imbruted by its fellows . They grasped not only the race of men then living , but they reached forward and seized upon the ...
... thing stamped with the Divine image and likeness was sent into the world to be trodden on , and degraded , and imbruted by its fellows . They grasped not only the race of men then living , but they reached forward and seized upon the ...
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... thing with me you choose , if you will but heed these sacred principles . You may not only defeat me for the Senate , but you may take me and put me to death . While pretending no indifference to earthly honors , I do claim to be ...
... thing with me you choose , if you will but heed these sacred principles . You may not only defeat me for the Senate , but you may take me and put me to death . While pretending no indifference to earthly honors , I do claim to be ...
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