The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln as Reflected in His Briefer Letters and Speeches |
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... received your very agreeable let- ter of the 22d of May I have been intending to write you an answer to it . You suggest that in political action , now , you and I would differ . I suppose we would ; not quite as much , however , as you ...
... received your very agreeable let- ter of the 22d of May I have been intending to write you an answer to it . You suggest that in political action , now , you and I would differ . I suppose we would ; not quite as much , however , as you ...
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... RECEIVED . First You of all , he has a wife and a baby ; together they ought to be worth $ 500,000 to any man . Sec- ondly , he has an office in which there is a table worth $ 1.50 and three chairs worth , say , $ 1 . Last of all ...
... RECEIVED . First You of all , he has a wife and a baby ; together they ought to be worth $ 500,000 to any man . Sec- ondly , he has an office in which there is a table worth $ 1.50 and three chairs worth , say , $ 1 . Last of all ...
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... received . I was deeply mortified by the escape of Lee across the Potomac , because the substantial destruction of his army would have ended the war , and be- cause I believed such destruction was perfectly easy - believed that General ...
... received . I was deeply mortified by the escape of Lee across the Potomac , because the substantial destruction of his army would have ended the war , and be- cause I believed such destruction was perfectly easy - believed that General ...
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