The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln as Reflected in His Briefer Letters and Speeches |
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SPEECH AT FREDERICK , MARYLAND October 4 , 1862 ' N my present position it is hardly proper for IN me to make speeches . Every word is so closely noted that it will not do to make foolish ones , and I cannot be expected to be prepared ...
SPEECH AT FREDERICK , MARYLAND October 4 , 1862 ' N my present position it is hardly proper for IN me to make speeches . Every word is so closely noted that it will not do to make foolish ones , and I cannot be expected to be prepared ...
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In this sad world of ours sorrow comes to all , and to the young it comes with bittered agony because it takes them unawares . The older have learned ever to expect it . I am anxious to afford some alleviation of your present distress .
In this sad world of ours sorrow comes to all , and to the young it comes with bittered agony because it takes them unawares . The older have learned ever to expect it . I am anxious to afford some alleviation of your present distress .
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At all the watery margins they have been present . Not only on the deep sea , the broad bay , and the rapid river , but also up the narrow , muddy bayou , and wherever the ground was a little damp , they have been and made their tracks ...
At all the watery margins they have been present . Not only on the deep sea , the broad bay , and the rapid river , but also up the narrow , muddy bayou , and wherever the ground was a little damp , they have been and made their tracks ...
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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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