History of the Administration of President Lincoln: Including His Speeches, Letters, Addresses, Proclamations, and Messages. With a Preliminary Sketch of His Life |
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... once excited against him the active hostility of the slaveholders and their friends , with whom he had hitherto acted in concert . bill was finally passed through Congress on April 30th , 1858 , under what is known as the English bill ...
... once excited against him the active hostility of the slaveholders and their friends , with whom he had hitherto acted in concert . bill was finally passed through Congress on April 30th , 1858 , under what is known as the English bill ...
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... following eloquent words : \ " Henry Clay , my beau ideal of a Statesman - the man for whom I fought all my humble life - once said of a class of LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN . 37 men who would repress 36 LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
... following eloquent words : \ " Henry Clay , my beau ideal of a Statesman - the man for whom I fought all my humble life - once said of a class of LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN . 37 men who would repress 36 LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
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... once fascinated every little hearer and hushed the room into silence . His language was strikingly beautiful , and his tones musical with intensest feeling . The little faces around him would droop into sad conviction as he uttered ...
... once fascinated every little hearer and hushed the room into silence . His language was strikingly beautiful , and his tones musical with intensest feeling . The little faces around him would droop into sad conviction as he uttered ...
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... once , and if that had been done the result of the Convention might have proved very different , as at that time it was thought that Mr. Seward's chances were the best . But an adjournment was taken till the morning , and during the ...
... once , and if that had been done the result of the Convention might have proved very different , as at that time it was thought that Mr. Seward's chances were the best . But an adjournment was taken till the morning , and during the ...
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... once . Mr. Car- ter , of Ohio , rose and announced a change in the vote of the Ohio Delegation of four votes in favor of Mr. Lin- coln , and the Convention at once boiled over into a state of the wildest excitement . The cheers of the ...
... once . Mr. Car- ter , of Ohio , rose and announced a change in the vote of the Ohio Delegation of four votes in favor of Mr. Lin- coln , and the Convention at once boiled over into a state of the wildest excitement . The cheers of the ...
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