The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln as Reflected in His Briefer Letters and Speeches |
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... 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 . LETTER TO JULIAN M. STURTEVANT Y DEAR SIR : MY ...
... 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 . LETTER TO JULIAN M. STURTEVANT Y DEAR SIR : MY ...
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... party opposed to Jefferson should now be celebrating his birthday in their own original seat of empire , while those claiming political descent from him have nearly ceased to breathe his name every- where . Remembering , too , that the ...
... party opposed to Jefferson should now be celebrating his birthday in their own original seat of empire , while those claiming political descent from him have nearly ceased to breathe his name every- where . Remembering , too , that the ...
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... plainly that events have controlled me . Now , at the end of three years ' struggle , the nation's condition is not what either party , or any man , devised or expected . God alone can claim it . Whither it is tending seems plain [ 217 ]
... plainly that events have controlled me . Now , at the end of three years ' struggle , the nation's condition is not what either party , or any man , devised or expected . God alone can claim it . Whither it is tending seems plain [ 217 ]
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