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When fully paid beforehand , you are more than a common mortal if you can feel the same interest in the case , as if something was still in advance . Then you will feel that you ...
When fully paid beforehand , you are more than a common mortal if you can feel the same interest in the case , as if something was still in advance . Then you will feel that you ...
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Now , I feel it my duty to have no hand in such a piece of foolery . I feel that it is so even on your own account , and particularly on mother's account . The eastern forty acres I intend to keep for mother while she lives ; if you ...
Now , I feel it my duty to have no hand in such a piece of foolery . I feel that it is so even on your own account , and particularly on mother's account . The eastern forty acres I intend to keep for mother while she lives ; if you ...
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You cannot now realize that you will ever feel better . Is not this so ? And yet it is a mistake . You are sure to be happy again . To know this , which is certainly true , will make you , some less miserable now .
You cannot now realize that you will ever feel better . Is not this so ? And yet it is a mistake . You are sure to be happy again . To know this , which is certainly true , will make you , some less miserable now .
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Contents
POSTMASTER LAWYER REPRESENTATIVE OF | 1 |
To William H Herndon | 16 |
To John W Crisfield | 121 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln as Reflected in His Briefer Letters and Speeches |
| Author | Abraham Lincoln |
| Editor | H. Jack Lang |
| Publisher | World Publishing Company, 1941 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 20 Jan 2010 |
| Length | 265 pages |
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