Abraham Lincoln: Complete Works, Comprising His Speeches, Letters, State Papers, and Miscellaneous Writings, Volume 2Century Company, 1894 - United States |
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... reason for precipitate action . Intelligence , patriot- ism , Christianity , and a firm reliance on Him who has never yet forsaken this favored land , are still competent to adjust in the best way all our present difficulty . In your ...
... reason for precipitate action . Intelligence , patriot- ism , Christianity , and a firm reliance on Him who has never yet forsaken this favored land , are still competent to adjust in the best way all our present difficulty . In your ...
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... reason to resume its sway . Time will do this , if it be not hindered by new alarms and provocations . South Carolina opened the revolution . Apprehending chastisement by the military arm of the United States , she seized all the forts ...
... reason to resume its sway . Time will do this , if it be not hindered by new alarms and provocations . South Carolina opened the revolution . Apprehending chastisement by the military arm of the United States , she seized all the forts ...
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... reason- able degree of probability , and also that the attempt to provision is to include an attempt to reinforce , for it seems to be generally agreed that provisioning without reinforcements , notwithstanding hostile resistance , will ...
... reason- able degree of probability , and also that the attempt to provision is to include an attempt to reinforce , for it seems to be generally agreed that provisioning without reinforcements , notwithstanding hostile resistance , will ...
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... reasons which prompt it shall be explained and understood . I therefore respectfully answer the inquiry of the President by saying that , in my opinion , it would not be wise under all the circumstances to attempt to provision Fort ...
... reasons which prompt it shall be explained and understood . I therefore respectfully answer the inquiry of the President by saying that , in my opinion , it would not be wise under all the circumstances to attempt to provision Fort ...
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... reason to disapprove of the course of my predecessor in this important matter ; but , on the contrary , I not only shall receive the advice of the Senate thereon cheerfully , but I respect- fully ask the Senate for their advice on the ...
... reason to disapprove of the course of my predecessor in this important matter ; but , on the contrary , I not only shall receive the advice of the Senate thereon cheerfully , but I respect- fully ask the Senate for their advice on the ...
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