Abraham Lincoln: The War Years, Volume 2Harcourt, Brace, 1939 - Presidents |
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... favors so as to give each faction more than it could get from any other source , yet never enough to satisfy its appetite . " In giving out offices or favors , the President had one guiding principle , as Swett saw it : " An adhesion of ...
... favors so as to give each faction more than it could get from any other source , yet never enough to satisfy its appetite . " In giving out offices or favors , the President had one guiding principle , as Swett saw it : " An adhesion of ...
Page 348
... favor that prizes may be sent to Portland for adjudication , -says he has not had many favors , asks this on personal grounds . Mr. Hamlin spoke on this subject to me , -said the President referred it to me ; -and both he and Mr ...
... favor that prizes may be sent to Portland for adjudication , -says he has not had many favors , asks this on personal grounds . Mr. Hamlin spoke on this subject to me , -said the President referred it to me ; -and both he and Mr ...
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... favor of grad- ual emancipation represented his views rather than those in favor of immediate eman- cipation . . . . In his speeches he had frequently used as an illustration the case of a man who had an excrescence on the back of his ...
... favor of grad- ual emancipation represented his views rather than those in favor of immediate eman- cipation . . . . In his speeches he had frequently used as an illustration the case of a man who had an excrescence on the back of his ...
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DRIFTINGMURFREESBOROOLD STARS | 3 |
MORE HORSES THAN OATSOFFICESEEKERS | 28 |
FOREIGN MEDIATIONBUTLER | 66 |
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