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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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If nothing like this is done , the preliminaries of the fight are to be First . Weapons : Cavalry broadswords of the largest size , precisely equal in all respects , and such as now used by the cavalry company at Jacksonville .
If nothing like this is done , the preliminaries of the fight are to be First . Weapons : Cavalry broadswords of the largest size , precisely equal in all respects , and such as now used by the cavalry company at Jacksonville .
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Advancement - improvement in condition is the order of things in a society of equals . As labor is the common burden of our race , so the effort of some to shift their share of the burden onto the shoulders of others is the great ...
Advancement - improvement in condition is the order of things in a society of equals . As labor is the common burden of our race , so the effort of some to shift their share of the burden onto the shoulders of others is the great ...
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Free them , and make them politically and socially our equals ? My own feelings will not admit of this , and if mine would , we well know that those of the 76 LETTERS AND ADDRESSES.
Free them , and make them politically and socially our equals ? My own feelings will not admit of this , and if mine would , we well know that those of the 76 LETTERS AND ADDRESSES.
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We cannot then make them equals . It does seem to me that systems of gradual ... Equal justice to the South , it is said , requires us to consent to the extension of slavery to new countries . That is to say , inasmuch as you do not ...
We cannot then make them equals . It does seem to me that systems of gradual ... Equal justice to the South , it is said , requires us to consent to the extension of slavery to new countries . That is to say , inasmuch as you do not ...
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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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