The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln as Reflected in His Briefer Letters and Speeches |
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... United States ; and I wish you to remember , now and forever , that it is your business , and not mine ; that if the union of these States and the liberties of this people shall be lost , it is but little to any one man of fifty - two ...
... United States ; and I wish you to remember , now and forever , that it is your business , and not mine ; that if the union of these States and the liberties of this people shall be lost , it is but little to any one man of fifty - two ...
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... United States , shall be then , thenceforward , and forever free ; and the Executive Government of the United States , including the military and naval authority thereof , will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons , and ...
... United States , shall be then , thenceforward , and forever free ; and the Executive Government of the United States , including the military and naval authority thereof , will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons , and ...
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... United States . " Now , therefore , I , Abraham Lincoln , President of the United States , by virtue of the power in me vested as commander - in - chief of the army and navy of the United States , in time of actual armed re- bellion ...
... United States . " Now , therefore , I , Abraham Lincoln , President of the United States , by virtue of the power in me vested as commander - in - chief of the army and navy of the United States , in time of actual armed re- bellion ...
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