The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln as Reflected in His Briefer Letters and Speeches |
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... soldiers , leaves just so much less for white soldiers to do in saving the Union . Does it appear otherwise to you ? But negroes , like other people , act upon motives . Why should they do anything for us if we will do nothing for them ...
... soldiers , leaves just so much less for white soldiers to do in saving the Union . Does it appear otherwise to you ? But negroes , like other people , act upon motives . Why should they do anything for us if we will do nothing for them ...
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... soldiers , sea- men , and laborers . These are palpable facts , about which , as facts , there can be no caviling . We have the men ; and we could not have had them without the measure . " And now let any Union man who complains of the ...
... soldiers , sea- men , and laborers . These are palpable facts , about which , as facts , there can be no caviling . We have the men ; and we could not have had them without the measure . " And now let any Union man who complains of the ...
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... soldiers of the Union , it occurs at once that three years ago the same soldiers could not so much as pass through Baltimore . The change from then till now is both great and gratifying . Blessings on the brave men who have wrought the ...
... soldiers of the Union , it occurs at once that three years ago the same soldiers could not so much as pass through Baltimore . The change from then till now is both great and gratifying . Blessings on the brave men who have wrought the ...
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