The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln as Reflected in His Briefer Letters and Speeches |
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... express permission of anyone of them to do so , I have had some little difficulty in determining on which to inflict the task of reading what I now feel must be a most dull and silly letter ; but when I remem- bered that you and I were ...
... express permission of anyone of them to do so , I have had some little difficulty in determining on which to inflict the task of reading what I now feel must be a most dull and silly letter ; but when I remem- bered that you and I were ...
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... express astonishment or condemnation ? Poor Reeder is the only public man who has been silly enough to believe that anything like fairness was ever intended , and he has been bravely unde- ceived . That Kansas will form a slave ...
... express astonishment or condemnation ? Poor Reeder is the only public man who has been silly enough to believe that anything like fairness was ever intended , and he has been bravely unde- ceived . That Kansas will form a slave ...
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... express your preference that Kansas shall be free , you would vote for no man for Congress who would say the same thing publicly . No such man could be elected from any district in a slave State . You think Stringfellow and company ...
... express your preference that Kansas shall be free , you would vote for no man for Congress who would say the same thing publicly . No such man could be elected from any district in a slave State . You think Stringfellow and company ...
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