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Page 11
... desire to abide by the laws and enjoy their benefits , who would gladly spill their blood in the defense of their coun- try , seeing their property destroved , their families insulted , and their lives endangered , their persons injured ...
... desire to abide by the laws and enjoy their benefits , who would gladly spill their blood in the defense of their coun- try , seeing their property destroved , their families insulted , and their lives endangered , their persons injured ...
Page 32
... desire to befriend you is everlasting ; that I will never cease while I know how to do anything . But you will always hereafter be on ground that I have never occupied , and consequently , if advice were needed , I might advise wrong ...
... desire to befriend you is everlasting ; that I will never cease while I know how to do anything . But you will always hereafter be on ground that I have never occupied , and consequently , if advice were needed , I might advise wrong ...
Page 33
... those they profess to act upon . The preacher , it is said , advocates temperance be- cause he is a fanatic , and desires a union of the church and state ; the lawyer from his pride and vanity of 33 OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
... those they profess to act upon . The preacher , it is said , advocates temperance be- cause he is a fanatic , and desires a union of the church and state ; the lawyer from his pride and vanity of 33 OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Page 51
... desire that I should be reëlected . I most heartily thank them for their kind partiality ; and I can say , as Mr. Clay said of the annexation of Texas , that " personally I would not object " to a reëlection , although I thought at the ...
... desire that I should be reëlected . I most heartily thank them for their kind partiality ; and I can say , as Mr. Clay said of the annexation of Texas , that " personally I would not object " to a reëlection , although I thought at the ...
Page 72
... desire that neither father nor mother shall be in want of any comfort , either in health or sickness , while they live ; and I feel sure you have not failed to use my name , if necessary , to procure a doctor , or anything else for ...
... desire that neither father nor mother shall be in want of any comfort , either in health or sickness , while they live ; and I feel sure you have not failed to use my name , if necessary , to procure a doctor , or anything else for ...
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