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It was passed in violence , because it could not have passed at all but for the votes of many members in violence of the known will of their constituents . It is maintained in violence , because the elections since clearly dewith take ...
It was passed in violence , because it could not have passed at all but for the votes of many members in violence of the known will of their constituents . It is maintained in violence , because the elections since clearly dewith take ...
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In a day or two Douglas's orders came on to have resolutions passed approving the bill ; and they were passed by large majorities !!! The truth of this is vouched for by a bolting Democratic member . The masses , too , Democratic as ...
In a day or two Douglas's orders came on to have resolutions passed approving the bill ; and they were passed by large majorities !!! The truth of this is vouched for by a bolting Democratic member . The masses , too , Democratic as ...
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Here I have lived a quarter of a century , and have passed from a young to an old man . Here my children have been born , and one is buried . I now leave , not knowing when or whether ever I may return , with a task before me greater ...
Here I have lived a quarter of a century , and have passed from a young to an old man . Here my children have been born , and one is buried . I now leave , not knowing when or whether ever I may return , with a task before me greater ...
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Contents
POSTMASTER LAWYER REPRESENTATIVE OF | 1 |
To William H Herndon | 16 |
To John W Crisfield | 121 |
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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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