Words of Lincoln: Including Several Hundred Opinions of His Life and Character by Eminent Persons of this and Other Lands |
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... existence , and I had one poor gift or choice left , as to what I should save from the wreck , I should choose that speech , and leave it to the world unerased . " 1858 " WISEST THING I EVER DID . " ( Reply to friends at Bloomington ...
... existence , and I had one poor gift or choice left , as to what I should save from the wreck , I should choose that speech , and leave it to the world unerased . " 1858 " WISEST THING I EVER DID . " ( Reply to friends at Bloomington ...
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... existence ? Will you , while the certain ills you fly to are greater than all the real ones you fly from ? Will you risk the commission of so fearful a mistake ? " All profess to be content in the Union if all constitutional rights can ...
... existence ? Will you , while the certain ills you fly to are greater than all the real ones you fly from ? Will you risk the commission of so fearful a mistake ? " All profess to be content in the Union if all constitutional rights can ...
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... existence in great emergencies . On this point the present rebellion brought our government to a severe test , and a Presidential election , occur- ring in a regular course during the rebellion , added not a little to the strain . " If ...
... existence in great emergencies . On this point the present rebellion brought our government to a severe test , and a Presidential election , occur- ring in a regular course during the rebellion , added not a little to the strain . " If ...
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CHAIR IN WHICH THE PRESIDENT WAS SHOT | 51 |
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LINCOLN MONUMENT SPRINGFIELD ILL | 181 |
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