Abraham Lincoln: Complete Works, Comprising His Speeches, Letters, State Papers, and Miscellaneous Writings, Volume 1 |
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Page 9
... live through all time , or die by suicide . I hope I am over wary ; but if I am not , there is even now some- thing of ill omen amongst us . I mean the increasing disregard for law which pervades the country - the growing disposition to ...
... live through all time , or die by suicide . I hope I am over wary ; but if I am not , there is even now some- thing of ill omen amongst us . I mean the increasing disregard for law which pervades the country - the growing disposition to ...
Page 11
... lives endangered , their persons injured , and seeing no- thing in prospect that forebodes a change for the better , become tired of and disgusted with a government that offers them no protection , and are not much averse to a change in ...
... lives endangered , their persons injured , and seeing no- thing in prospect that forebodes a change for the better , become tired of and disgusted with a government that offers them no protection , and are not much averse to a change in ...
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... live at Springfield . I am afraid you would not be satisfied . There is a great deal of flourishing about in carriages here , which it would be your doom to see without sharing it . You would have to be without the means of hiding your ...
... live at Springfield . I am afraid you would not be satisfied . There is a great deal of flourishing about in carriages here , which it would be your doom to see without sharing it . You would have to be without the means of hiding your ...
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... lives that a blast of wind extinguishes the flame of a candle whenever it is thrown fully upon it . Again , we all feel to know that we have to die . How ? We have never died yet . We know it because we know , or at least think we know ...
... lives that a blast of wind extinguishes the flame of a candle whenever it is thrown fully upon it . Again , we all feel to know that we have to die . How ? We have never died yet . We know it because we know , or at least think we know ...
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... lives up South Fork somewhere , is teasing me continually about some deeds which he says he left with you , but which I can find nothing of . Can you tell where they are ? The legislature is in session , and has suffered the bank to ...
... lives up South Fork somewhere , is teasing me continually about some deeds which he says he left with you , but which I can find nothing of . Can you tell where they are ? The legislature is in session , and has suffered the bank to ...
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