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66 “ ... .. painfully sensible of the great responsibility ..... 99 FINDING it difficult to realize that he has been singled out for the highest position in the nation , Lincoln replies to the committee sent by the Chicago Convention ...
66 “ ... .. painfully sensible of the great responsibility ..... 99 FINDING it difficult to realize that he has been singled out for the highest position in the nation , Lincoln replies to the committee sent by the Chicago Convention ...
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responsibility which is inseparable from this high honor - a responsibility which I could almost wish had fallen upon some one of the far more eminent men and experienced statesmen whose distin- guished names were before the convention ...
responsibility which is inseparable from this high honor - a responsibility which I could almost wish had fallen upon some one of the far more eminent men and experienced statesmen whose distin- guished names were before the convention ...
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66 “ ... pecuniarily responsible .... " www WISHING ISHING neither to hurt the feelings of a man who re- quested a letter of recommendation nor to mislead his friend Swett , Lincoln carefully and shrewdly worded this note to serve both ...
66 “ ... pecuniarily responsible .... " www WISHING ISHING neither to hurt the feelings of a man who re- quested a letter of recommendation nor to mislead his friend Swett , Lincoln carefully and shrewdly worded this note to serve both ...
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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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