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I find myself wholly unable to form any conjecture of what fact or facts , real or supposed , you spoke ; but my opinion of your veracity will not permit me for a moment to doubt that you at least believed what you said .
I find myself wholly unable to form any conjecture of what fact or facts , real or supposed , you spoke ; but my opinion of your veracity will not permit me for a moment to doubt that you at least believed what you said .
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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 particular the laws of the country , and never to tolerate their violation by others .
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 particular the laws of the country , and never to tolerate their violation by others .
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So also in unprovided If such arise , let proper legal provisions be made for them with the least possible delay , but till then let them , if not too intolerable , be borne with . There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress ...
So also in unprovided If such arise , let proper legal provisions be made for them with the least possible delay , but till then let them , if not too intolerable , be borne with . There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress ...
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This thing of living in Springfield is rather a dull business , after all ; at least it is so to me . I am quite as lonesoon . some here as I ever was anywhere in my 18 LETTERS AND ADDRESSES.
This thing of living in Springfield is rather a dull business , after all ; at least it is so to me . I am quite as lonesoon . some here as I ever was anywhere in my 18 LETTERS AND ADDRESSES.
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I knew she was called an “ old maid , " and I felt no doubt of the truth of at least half of the appellation , but now , when I beheld her , I could not for my life avoid thinking of my mother ; and this , not from withered features ...
I knew she was called an “ old maid , " and I felt no doubt of the truth of at least half of the appellation , but now , when I beheld her , I could not for my life avoid thinking of my mother ; and this , not from withered features ...
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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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