The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln as Reflected in His Briefer Letters and Speeches |
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... thousand wagons doing nothing but hauling forage to feed the animals that draw them , and taking at least two thousand men to care for the wagons and animals , who otherwise might be two thousand good soldiers . Now , dear general , do ...
... thousand wagons doing nothing but hauling forage to feed the animals that draw them , and taking at least two thousand men to care for the wagons and animals , who otherwise might be two thousand good soldiers . Now , dear general , do ...
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... thousand eight hundred and sixty - two , a procla- mation was issued by the President of the United States , containing , among other things , the fol- lowing , to wit : " That on the first day of January , in the year of our Lord one ...
... thousand eight hundred and sixty - two , a procla- mation was issued by the President of the United States , containing , among other things , the fol- lowing , to wit : " That on the first day of January , in the year of our Lord one ...
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... thousand 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 ...
... thousand 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 ...
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