The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln as Reflected in His Briefer Letters and Speeches |
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... Senate but first makes sure to win the support of an influential friend and potential rival . LETTER TO JOSEPH GILLESPIE Springfield , December 1 , 1854 Y DEAR SIR : MY I have really got it into my head to try to be United States Senator ...
... Senate but first makes sure to win the support of an influential friend and potential rival . LETTER TO JOSEPH GILLESPIE Springfield , December 1 , 1854 Y DEAR SIR : MY I have really got it into my head to try to be United States Senator ...
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... Senator . I have to content my- self with the honor of having been the first choice of a large majority of the fifty - one members who finally made the election . My larger number of friends had to surrender to Trumbull's smaller number ...
... Senator . I have to content my- self with the honor of having been the first choice of a large majority of the fifty - one members who finally made the election . My larger number of friends had to surrender to Trumbull's smaller number ...
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... Senator Pearce in behalf of Judge Carmichael . His charge to the Grand Jury was left with me by the senator , and on reading it I must confess I was not very favorably im- pressed toward the judge . The object of the charge , I ...
... Senator Pearce in behalf of Judge Carmichael . His charge to the Grand Jury was left with me by the senator , and on reading it I must confess I was not very favorably im- pressed toward the judge . The object of the charge , I ...
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