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I wish an answer to this , and you are at liberty to publish both , if you choose . [ From an address before the young men's lyceum of Spring- field , Illinois , 27 January 1837. ] As a subject for the remarks of the evening ...
I wish an answer to this , and you are at liberty to publish both , if you choose . [ From an address before the young men's lyceum of Spring- field , Illinois , 27 January 1837. ] As a subject for the remarks of the evening ...
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Theirs was the task ( and nobly they performed it ) to possess themselves , and through themselves us , of this goodly land , and to uprear upon its hills and its valleys a political edifice of liberty and equal rights ; ' t is ours ...
Theirs was the task ( and nobly they performed it ) to possess themselves , and through themselves us , of this goodly land , and to uprear upon its hills and its valleys a political edifice of liberty and equal rights ; ' t is ours ...
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Let every American , every lover of liberty , every well - wisher to his posterity swear by the blood of the Revolution never to violate in the least particular the laws of the country , and never to tolerate their violation by others .
Let every American , every lover of liberty , every well - wisher to his posterity swear by the blood of the Revolution never to violate in the least particular the laws of the country , and never to tolerate their violation by others .
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of his father , and to tear the charter of his own and his children's liberty . Let reverence for the laws be breathed by every American mother to the lisping babe that prattles on her lap ; let it be taught in schools , in seminaries ...
of his father , and to tear the charter of his own and his children's liberty . Let reverence for the laws be breathed by every American mother to the lisping babe that prattles on her lap ; let it be taught in schools , in seminaries ...
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... of circumstances , the basest principles of our nature were either made to lie dormant , or to become the active agents in the advancement of the noblest of causes — that of establishing and maintaining civil and religious liberty .
... of circumstances , the basest principles of our nature were either made to lie dormant , or to become the active agents in the advancement of the noblest of causes — that of establishing and maintaining civil and religious liberty .
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