Little MasterpiecesDoubleday & McClure, 1899 - 167 pages |
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Page ix
... Thurlow Weed concerning the Second Inaugural Ad- dress , Lincoln described that memorable utter- ance as " a truth which I thought needed to be told . " No description could be more noble . That Lincoln's gift of humor added much to the ...
... Thurlow Weed concerning the Second Inaugural Ad- dress , Lincoln described that memorable utter- ance as " a truth which I thought needed to be told . " No description could be more noble . That Lincoln's gift of humor added much to the ...
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... Thurlow Weed 124 Appendix Lincoln's Lost Speech . 127 Selected Speeches Selections from Lincoln's Speeches and Letters The Whigs xiii.
... Thurlow Weed 124 Appendix Lincoln's Lost Speech . 127 Selected Speeches Selections from Lincoln's Speeches and Letters The Whigs xiii.
Page 103
... Thurlow Weed at the close of this volume of selections . ] Fellow - countrymen : At this second appear- ing to take the oath of the presidential office , there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first . Then ...
... Thurlow Weed at the close of this volume of selections . ] Fellow - countrymen : At this second appear- ing to take the oath of the presidential office , there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first . Then ...
Page 123
... and lost , and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom . Yours very sincerely and respectfully , ABRAHAM LINCOLN . To Thurlow Weed March 15 , 1865 [ This most 123 To Mrs Bixby.
... and lost , and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom . Yours very sincerely and respectfully , ABRAHAM LINCOLN . To Thurlow Weed March 15 , 1865 [ This most 123 To Mrs Bixby.
Page 124
... and , as whatever of humiliation there is in it falls most directly on myself , I thought others might afford for me to tell it . Truly yours , A. LINCOLN . Appendix " Lincoln's Lost Speech " * THE Republican party 124 To Thurlow Weed.
... and , as whatever of humiliation there is in it falls most directly on myself , I thought others might afford for me to tell it . Truly yours , A. LINCOLN . Appendix " Lincoln's Lost Speech " * THE Republican party 124 To Thurlow Weed.
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