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So plain that the most dumb and stupid slave that ever toiled for a master does constantly know that he is wronged . So plain that no one , high or low , ever does mistake it , except in a plainly selfish way ; for although volume upon ...
So plain that the most dumb and stupid slave that ever toiled for a master does constantly know that he is wronged . So plain that no one , high or low , ever does mistake it , except in a plainly selfish way ; for although volume upon ...
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But how if she votes herself a slave State unfairly , that is , by the very means for which you say you would hang men ... In your assumption that there may be a fair decision of the slavery question in Kansas , I plainly see you and I ...
But how if she votes herself a slave State unfairly , that is , by the very means for which you say you would hang men ... In your assumption that there may be a fair decision of the slavery question in Kansas , I plainly see you and I ...
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“ Union could not stand half slave and half free " ; and also what I meant when I said “ a house divided against itself could not stand ” is received and I very cheerfully answer it as plainly as I may be able .
“ Union could not stand half slave and half free " ; and also what I meant when I said “ a house divided against itself could not stand ” is received and I very cheerfully answer it as plainly as I may be able .
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Contents
POSTMASTER LAWYER REPRESENTATIVE OF | 1 |
To William H Herndon | 16 |
To John W Crisfield | 121 |
Copyright | |
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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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