The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln as Reflected in His Briefer Letters and Speeches |
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wwwmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm LINCOLN'S INCOLN'S first political speech , as later remembered by his friend A. Y. Ellis , was the very essence of brevity . It won respect for Young Abe but not the election - the only time ...
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other , it is both curious and interesting that those supposed to descend politically from the party opposed to Jefferson should now be celebrating his birthday in their own original seat of empire , while those claiming political ...
other , it is both curious and interesting that those supposed to descend politically from the party opposed to Jefferson should now be celebrating his birthday in their own original seat of empire , while those claiming political ...
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Always a Whig in politics ; and generally on the Whig electoral tickets , making active canvassés . I was losing interest in politics when the repeal of the Missouri compromise aroused me again . What I have done since then is pretty ...
Always a Whig in politics ; and generally on the Whig electoral tickets , making active canvassés . I was losing interest in politics when the repeal of the Missouri compromise aroused me again . What I have done since then is pretty ...
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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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