The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln as Reflected in His Briefer Letters and Speeches |
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... 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 poor , without the means of hid- ing your ...
... 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 poor , without the means of hid- ing your ...
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... Yours very thing A Lincols . A characteristically modest letter , only recently brought to light , and not included in any of the standard Lincoln collections . Privat Springfield , Ill . Oct 19.1860 Graw Bedell Miss.
... Yours very thing A Lincols . A characteristically modest letter , only recently brought to light , and not included in any of the standard Lincoln collections . Privat Springfield , Ill . Oct 19.1860 Graw Bedell Miss.
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... Springfield . ADDRESS AT SPRINGFIELD M FEB . 11 , 1861 Y FRIENDS : No one , not in my situation , can ap- preciate my feeling of sadness at this parting . To this place , and the kindness of these people , I owe everything . Here I have ...
... Springfield . ADDRESS AT SPRINGFIELD M FEB . 11 , 1861 Y FRIENDS : No one , not in my situation , can ap- preciate my feeling of sadness at this parting . To this place , and the kindness of these people , I owe everything . Here I have ...
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