The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln as Reflected in His Briefer Letters and Speeches |
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... received night before last . I very cheerfully send you the twenty dollars , which sum you say is necessary to save your land from sale . It is singular that you should have forgotten a judgment against you ; and it is more singular ...
... received night before last . I very cheerfully send you the twenty dollars , which sum you say is necessary to save your land from sale . It is singular that you should have forgotten a judgment against you ; and it is more singular ...
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... received , and should have been answered long since , but that it was mislaid . I am not a very sentimental man ; and the best sentiment I can think of is , that if you collect the signatures of all persons who are no less distin ...
... received , and should have been answered long since , but that it was mislaid . I am not a very sentimental man ; and the best sentiment I can think of is , that if you collect the signatures of all persons who are no less distin ...
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... received some days ago . The fight must go on . The cause of civil liberty must not be surrendered at the end of one or even one hundred defeats . Douglas had the in- genuity to be supported in the late contest both as the best means to ...
... received some days ago . The fight must go on . The cause of civil liberty must not be surrendered at the end of one or even one hundred defeats . Douglas had the in- genuity to be supported in the late contest both as the best means to ...
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