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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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I answer , If it ever reach us it must spring up amongst us ; it cannot come from abroad . If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher . As a nation of freemen we must live through all time , or die by suicide ...
I answer , If it ever reach us it must spring up amongst us ; it cannot come from abroad . If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher . As a nation of freemen we must live through all time , or die by suicide ...
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The answer is simple . 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 particu- lar the laws of the country , and never to tolerate ...
The answer is simple . 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 particu- lar the laws of the country , and never to tolerate ...
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If it suits you best to not answer this , farewell . A long life and a merry one attend you . But if you conclude to write back , speak as plainly as I do . There can be neither harm nor danger in saying to me anything you think ...
If it suits you best to not answer this , farewell . A long life and a merry one attend you . But if you conclude to write back , speak as plainly as I do . There can be neither harm nor danger in saying to me anything you think ...
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... shocking to relate , she answered , No. At first I supposed she did it through an affectation of modesty , which I thought but ill became her under the peculiar circumstances of her case , but on my renewal of the charge I found she ...
... shocking to relate , she answered , No. At first I supposed she did it through an affectation of modesty , which I thought but ill became her under the peculiar circumstances of her case , but on my renewal of the charge I found she ...
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| Title | Letters and Addresses of Abraham Lincoln American Civil War, letters and diaries Half-title: The unit books, no. 2 Issue 2 of The Unit books |
| Author | Abraham Lincoln |
| Editor | Mary Maclean |
| Publisher | Unit Book Publishing Company, 1907 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 7 Apr 2011 |
| Length | 385 pages |
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