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We find ourselves under the government of a system of political institutions conducing more essentially to the ends of civil and religious liberty than any of which the history of former times tells us . We , when mounting the stage of ...
We find ourselves under the government of a system of political institutions conducing more essentially to the ends of civil and religious liberty than any of which the history of former times tells us . We , when mounting the stage of ...
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It is to deny what the history of the world tells us is true , to suppose that men of ambition and talents will not continue to spring up amongst us . And when they do , they will as naturally seek the gratification of their ruling ...
It is to deny what the history of the world tells us is true , to suppose that men of ambition and talents will not continue to spring up amongst us . And when they do , they will as naturally seek the gratification of their ruling ...
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I don't believe you can guess , and so I might as well tell you at once . As the lawyer says , it was done in the manner following , to wit : After I had delayed the matter as long as I thought I could in honor do ( which , by the way ...
I don't believe you can guess , and so I might as well tell you at once . As the lawyer says , it was done in the manner following , to wit : After I had delayed the matter as long as I thought I could in honor do ( which , by the way ...
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Whether I shall ever be better , I cannot tell ; I awfully forebode I shall not . To remain as I am is impossible ; I must die or be better , it appears to me . The matter you speak of on my account you may attend to as you say , unless ...
Whether I shall ever be better , I cannot tell ; I awfully forebode I shall not . To remain as I am is impossible ; I must die or be better , it appears to me . The matter you speak of on my account you may attend to as you say , unless ...
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... and appears before his neighbors " clothed and in his right mind , " a redeemed specimen of long - lost humanity , and stands up , with tears of joy trembling in his eyes , to tell of the miseries once endured , now to be endured no ...
... and appears before his neighbors " clothed and in his right mind , " a redeemed specimen of long - lost humanity , and stands up , with tears of joy trembling in his eyes , to tell of the miseries once endured , now to be endured no ...
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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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