The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln as Reflected in His Briefer Letters and Speeches |
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... cause . " wwww wwww ww IN N the year The Republican Party was formed Lincoln worked hard for its success , but declined when the President of Illinois College suggested that he himself be the young party's candidate for Congress ...
... cause . " wwww wwww ww IN N the year The Republican Party was formed Lincoln worked hard for its success , but declined when the President of Illinois College suggested that he himself be the young party's candidate for Congress ...
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... cause of civil liberty must not be surrendered at the end of one or even one hundred defeats . Douglas had the in- genuity to be supported in the late contest both as the best means to break down and to uphold the slave interest . No ...
... cause of civil liberty must not be surrendered at the end of one or even one hundred defeats . Douglas had the in- genuity to be supported in the late contest both as the best means to break down and to uphold the slave interest . No ...
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... cause I believed such destruction was perfectly easy - believed that General Meade and his noble army had expended all the skill , and toil , and blood , up to the ripe harvest , and then let the go to waste . crop Perhaps my ...
... cause I believed such destruction was perfectly easy - believed that General Meade and his noble army had expended all the skill , and toil , and blood , up to the ripe harvest , and then let the go to waste . crop Perhaps my ...
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