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... of knowing what their will is ; and upon all others I shall do what my own judgment teaches me will best advance their interests . ... to dig canals and construct railroads without borrowing money and paying the interest on it .
... of knowing what their will is ; and upon all others I shall do what my own judgment teaches me will best advance their interests . ... to dig canals and construct railroads without borrowing money and paying the interest on it .
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S of that confidence , he that knows of that thing , and conceals it , is a traitor to his country's interest . I find myself wholly unable to form any conjecture of what fact or facts , real or supposed , you spoke ; but my opinion of ...
S of that confidence , he that knows of that thing , and conceals it , is a traitor to his country's interest . I find myself wholly unable to form any conjecture of what fact or facts , real or supposed , you spoke ; but my opinion of ...
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They are supposed to have no sympathy of feeling or interest with those very persons whom it is their object to convince and persuade . And again , it is so common and so easy to ascribe motives to men of these classes other than those ...
They are supposed to have no sympathy of feeling or interest with those very persons whom it is their object to convince and persuade . And again , it is so common and so easy to ascribe motives to men of these classes other than those ...
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... nature of man to be driven to anything ; still less to be driven about that which is exclusively his own business ; and least of all where such driving is to be submitted to at the expense of pecuniary interest or burning appetite .
... nature of man to be driven to anything ; still less to be driven about that which is exclusively his own business ; and least of all where such driving is to be submitted to at the expense of pecuniary interest or burning appetite .
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... to penetrate the hard shell of a tortoise with a rye straw . Such is man , and so must he be understood by those who would lead him , even to his own best interests , و Another error , as it seems to me ,. men . 35 OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
... to penetrate the hard shell of a tortoise with a rye straw . Such is man , and so must he be understood by those who would lead him , even to his own best interests , و Another error , as it seems to me ,. men . 35 OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
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| Title | Letters and Addresses of Abraham Lincoln ... Issue 2 of The unit books The unit books, no.2 |
| Author | Abraham Lincoln |
| Publisher | H.W. Bell, 1903 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 9 Jan 2008 |
| Length | 399 pages |
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