The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln as Reflected in His Briefer Letters and Speeches |
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... true mettle , Lincoln had little patience with a New York firm that wrote inquiring about a man he knew in Springfield . LETTER TO NEW YORK FIRM OURS OF THE 10TH RECEIVED . First You of all , he has a wife and a baby ; together they ...
... true mettle , Lincoln had little patience with a New York firm that wrote inquiring about a man he knew in Springfield . LETTER TO NEW YORK FIRM OURS OF THE 10TH RECEIVED . First You of all , he has a wife and a baby ; together they ...
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... true of Douglas , and is not true of " Democrats " generally ; so that the proposed sub- stitution would be a very considerable blunder . Your proposed insertion of " residences " though it would do little or no harm , is not at all ...
... true of Douglas , and is not true of " Democrats " generally ; so that the proposed sub- stitution would be a very considerable blunder . Your proposed insertion of " residences " though it would do little or no harm , is not at all ...
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... true and righteous altogether . " With malice toward none ; with charity for all ; with firmness in the right , as God gives us to see the right , let us strive on to finish the work we are in ; to bind up the nation's wounds ; to care ...
... true and righteous altogether . " With malice toward none ; with charity for all ; with firmness in the right , as God gives us to see the right , let us strive on to finish the work we are in ; to bind up the nation's wounds ; to care ...
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