Words of Lincoln: Including Several Hundred Opinions of His Life and Character by Eminent Persons of this and Other Lands |
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... wrong , wrong in its direct effect , letting slavery into Kansas and Nebraska - and wrong in its prospective prin- ciple , allowing it to spread to every other part of the wide world , where men can be found inclined to take it . " I ...
... wrong , wrong in its direct effect , letting slavery into Kansas and Nebraska - and wrong in its prospective prin- ciple , allowing it to spread to every other part of the wide world , where men can be found inclined to take it . " I ...
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... wrong and those who do not think it wrong . " We think it is a wrong not confining itself merely to the persons or the States where it exists , but that it is a wrong in its tendency , to say the least , that extends itself to the ...
... wrong and those who do not think it wrong . " We think it is a wrong not confining itself merely to the persons or the States where it exists , but that it is a wrong in its tendency , to say the least , that extends itself to the ...
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... Wrong as we think slavery is , we can yet afford to let it alone where it is , because that much is due to the necessity arising from its actual presence in the nation . But can we , while our votes will prevent it , allow it to spread ...
... Wrong as we think slavery is , we can yet afford to let it alone where it is , because that much is due to the necessity arising from its actual presence in the nation . But can we , while our votes will prevent it , allow it to spread ...
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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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