The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln as Reflected in His Briefer Letters and Speeches |
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... keep out of an idle habit before they are in it , easier than they can get out after they are in . You are now in need of some money ; and what I propose is , that you shall go to work , " tooth and nail , " for somebody who will give ...
... keep out of an idle habit before they are in it , easier than they can get out after they are in . You are now in need of some money ; and what I propose is , that you shall go to work , " tooth and nail , " for somebody who will give ...
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... keep Lee's army out of Pennsylvania ? Meade's army can keep Lee's army out of Pennsylvania , and , I think , can ul- timately drive it out of existence . But no paper compromise to which the controllers of Lee's army are not agreed can ...
... keep Lee's army out of Pennsylvania ? Meade's army can keep Lee's army out of Pennsylvania , and , I think , can ul- timately drive it out of existence . But no paper compromise to which the controllers of Lee's army are not agreed can ...
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... keep . ling him gorge Pleaty so much to Gen. S You ster Meinoto A newly discovered letter , not included in any of the standard collections , in which Lincoln urges that Sherman keep the enemy " going , " while he is on the " down ...
... keep . ling him gorge Pleaty so much to Gen. S You ster Meinoto A newly discovered letter , not included in any of the standard collections , in which Lincoln urges that Sherman keep the enemy " going , " while he is on the " down ...
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