The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln as Reflected in His Briefer Letters and Speeches |
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... live at Springfield . I am afraid you would not be satisfied . There is a great deal of flourishing about in carriages here , which it would be your doom to see without sharing it . You would have to be poor , without the means of hid ...
... live at Springfield . I am afraid you would not be satisfied . There is a great deal of flourishing about in carriages here , which it would be your doom to see without sharing it . You would have to be poor , without the means of hid ...
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... live with the land , how will you then live without it ? You have always been kind to me , and I do not mean to be unkind to you . On the contrary , you will but follow my advice , you will find it worth more than eighty times eighty ...
... live with the land , how will you then live without it ? You have always been kind to me , and I do not mean to be unkind to you . On the contrary , you will but follow my advice , you will find it worth more than eighty times eighty ...
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... lives that that nation might live . It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this . But , in a larger sense , we cannot dedicate - we cannot consecrate - we cannot hallow - this ground . The brave men , living and dead ...
... lives that that nation might live . It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this . But , in a larger sense , we cannot dedicate - we cannot consecrate - we cannot hallow - this ground . The brave men , living and dead ...
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