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... wrong to those I might forget . Recent events bring up glorious names , and particularly promi- nent ones ; but these I will not mention . Having said this much , I will now take the music . 66 • you were right and I was wrong . [ 175 ]
... wrong to those I might forget . Recent events bring up glorious names , and particularly promi- nent ones ; but these I will not mention . Having said this much , I will now take the music . 66 • you were right and I was wrong . [ 175 ]
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... wrong . It rejects the Christian principle of forgiveness on terms of repentance . I think it is enough if the man does no wrong hereafter . A. LINCOLN 66 “ ... I do not perceive occasion for a [ 210 ] Indorsement on Document to Edwin M ...
... wrong . It rejects the Christian principle of forgiveness on terms of repentance . I think it is enough if the man does no wrong hereafter . A. LINCOLN 66 “ ... I do not perceive occasion for a [ 210 ] Indorsement on Document to Edwin M ...
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... wrong , nothing is wrong . I cannot remember when I did not so think and feel , and yet I have never understood that the presidency conferred upon me an unrestricted right to act officially upon this judgment and feeling . It was in the ...
... wrong , nothing is wrong . I cannot remember when I did not so think and feel , and yet I have never understood that the presidency conferred upon me an unrestricted right to act officially upon this judgment and feeling . It was in the ...
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