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... proclaimed he would rather be assassinated on the spot than sacrifice the principles of the Declaration of Inde- pendence . ... the patriotism , the devotion to principle , from which sprang the in- stitutions under which we live .
... proclaimed he would rather be assassinated on the spot than sacrifice the principles of the Declaration of Inde- pendence . ... the patriotism , the devotion to principle , from which sprang the in- stitutions under which we live .
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saved upon that principle , it will be truly awful . But if this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle , I was about to say I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it .
saved upon that principle , it will be truly awful . But if this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle , I was about to say I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it .
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ww wwwwwwww THE principle expressed in this brief endorsement on a document submitted to the Secretary of War , premised Lin- coln's whole theory of Reconstruction . INDORSEMENT ON DOCUMENT TO EDWIN M. STANTON February 5 , 1864 UBMITTED ...
ww wwwwwwww THE principle expressed in this brief endorsement on a document submitted to the Secretary of War , premised Lin- coln's whole theory of Reconstruction . INDORSEMENT ON DOCUMENT TO EDWIN M. STANTON February 5 , 1864 UBMITTED ...
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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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