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Page 11
... Whenever this effect shall be pro- duced among us ; whenever the vicious portion of population shall be permitted to gather in bands of hundreds and thou- sands , and burn churches , ravage and rob provision 11 OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
... Whenever this effect shall be pro- duced among us ; whenever the vicious portion of population shall be permitted to gather in bands of hundreds and thou- sands , and burn churches , ravage and rob provision 11 OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Page 24
... hundred different ways . My vanity was deeply wounded by the reflection that I had so long been too stupid to discover her intentions , and at the same time never doubting that I understood them perfectly ; and also that she , whom I ...
... hundred different ways . My vanity was deeply wounded by the reflection that I had so long been too stupid to discover her intentions , and at the same time never doubting that I understood them perfectly ; and also that she , whom I ...
Page 25
... hundreds of others , scampering away with the public money to Texas , to Europe , and to every spot of the earth where a villain may hope to find refuge from justice , can at all doubt that they are most distressingly affected in their ...
... hundreds of others , scampering away with the public money to Texas , to Europe , and to every spot of the earth where a villain may hope to find refuge from justice , can at all doubt that they are most distressingly affected in their ...
Page 27
... hundred and forty more from other quarters by the same day's mail . That is but an average specimen of every day's receipts . Yesterday Douglas , having chosen to consider himself insulted by something in the " Journal , " un- dertook ...
... hundred and forty more from other quarters by the same day's mail . That is but an average specimen of every day's receipts . Yesterday Douglas , having chosen to consider himself insulted by something in the " Journal , " un- dertook ...
Page 36
... hundreds of years thereafter . There is in this something so repugnant to humanity , so uncharitable , so cold - blooded and feelingless , that it never did nor ever can enlist the enthusiasm of a popular cause . We could not love the ...
... hundreds of years thereafter . There is in this something so repugnant to humanity , so uncharitable , so cold - blooded and feelingless , that it never did nor ever can enlist the enthusiasm of a popular cause . We could not love the ...
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