The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln as Reflected in His Briefer Letters and Speeches |
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... 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 he ever was defeated by popular vote . FIRST POLITICAL SPEECH AT ...
... 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 he ever was defeated by popular vote . FIRST POLITICAL SPEECH AT ...
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... political descent from him have nearly ceased to breathe his name every- where . Remembering , too , that the Jefferson party was formed upon its supposed superior devotion to the personal rights of men , holding the rights of property ...
... political descent from him have nearly ceased to breathe his name every- where . Remembering , too , that the Jefferson party was formed upon its supposed superior devotion to the personal rights of men , holding the rights of property ...
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... politics ; and generally on the Whig electoral tickets , making active canvasses . I was losing interest in politics when the repeal of the Missouri compromise aroused me again . What I have done since then is pretty well known . If any ...
... politics ; and generally on the Whig electoral tickets , making active canvasses . I was losing interest in politics when the repeal of the Missouri compromise aroused me again . What I have done since then is pretty well known . If any ...
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