Lincoln the Politician: How the Rail-splitter and Flatboatman Played the Great American Game |
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... thing than they have done . I am satisfied you have done no wrong , and nobody has intended any wrong to you . " The ... things here . The impulse of almost every Democrat is to stick to Douglas but it horrifies them to have to follow ...
... thing than they have done . I am satisfied you have done no wrong , and nobody has intended any wrong to you . " The ... things here . The impulse of almost every Democrat is to stick to Douglas but it horrifies them to have to follow ...
Page 147
... things done by the Ohio convention — the repudia- tion of Judge Swan , and the ' plank ' for a repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law - I very much regretted . These two things are of a piece ; and they are viewed by very good men , sincerely ...
... things done by the Ohio convention — the repudia- tion of Judge Swan , and the ' plank ' for a repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law - I very much regretted . These two things are of a piece ; and they are viewed by very good men , sincerely ...
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... things and some helplessly natural and naïve things . You can't help feeling an interest in him , a sympathy and a kind of pity ; feeling , too , that he has some qualities of great value , yet fearing that his weak points may wreck him ...
... things and some helplessly natural and naïve things . You can't help feeling an interest in him , a sympathy and a kind of pity ; feeling , too , that he has some qualities of great value , yet fearing that his weak points may wreck him ...
Contents
Shaky | 186 |
Three to One You Dont Get | 192 |
The Inside Track | 208 |
Copyright | |
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