Lincoln the Politician: How the Rail-splitter and Flatboatman Played the Great American Game |
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... appears a perfectly amiable , peaceful , unprovoking procedure ; but it does not appear so to us . . . . To us it appears no other than a naked , stupid absurdity , and we speak of it accordingly . But if , when the war had begun , and ...
... appears a perfectly amiable , peaceful , unprovoking procedure ; but it does not appear so to us . . . . To us it appears no other than a naked , stupid absurdity , and we speak of it accordingly . But if , when the war had begun , and ...
Page 96
... appear in the Constitution ' ; and we must even go further , and decree that only local law , and not that time - honored instrument , shall shelter a slaveholder . We must make this a land of liberty in fact , as it is in name . But in ...
... appear in the Constitution ' ; and we must even go further , and decree that only local law , and not that time - honored instrument , shall shelter a slaveholder . We must make this a land of liberty in fact , as it is in name . But in ...
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... appear that I am paying any attention to the charge . " He held his tongue during the campaign , making but one speech , and that at Springfield from his front porch , on August 14 . " It has been my purpose , " he said , " since I have ...
... appear that I am paying any attention to the charge . " He held his tongue during the campaign , making but one speech , and that at Springfield from his front porch , on August 14 . " It has been my purpose , " he said , " since I have ...
Contents
Shaky | 186 |
Three to One You Dont Get | 192 |
The Inside Track | 208 |
Copyright | |
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