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Mr. Lamborn insists that the difference between the Van Buren party and the Whigs is that although the former sometimes err in practice , they are always correct in principle , whereas the latter are wrong in principle ; and , better to ...
Mr. Lamborn insists that the difference between the Van Buren party and the Whigs is that although the former sometimes err in practice , they are always correct in principle , whereas the latter are wrong in principle ; and , better to ...
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Seriously , this proposition of Mr. Lamborn is nothing more or less than a request that his party may be tried by their professions instead of their practices . Perhaps no position that the party assumes is more liable to or more ...
Seriously , this proposition of Mr. Lamborn is nothing more or less than a request that his party may be tried by their professions instead of their practices . Perhaps no position that the party assumes is more liable to or more ...
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I do not think my prospects individually are very flattering , for I think it probable I shall not be permitted to be a candidate ; but the party ticket will succeed triumphantly . Subscriptions to the “ Old Soldier ” pour in without ...
I do not think my prospects individually are very flattering , for I think it probable I shall not be permitted to be a candidate ; but the party ticket will succeed triumphantly . Subscriptions to the “ Old Soldier ” pour in without ...
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She accompanied a large party on the railroad cars to Jacksonville last Monday , and on her return spoke , so that I heard of it , of having enjoyed the trip exceedingly . God be praised for that . You know with what sleepless vigilance ...
She accompanied a large party on the railroad cars to Jacksonville last Monday , and on her return spoke , so that I heard of it , of having enjoyed the trip exceedingly . God be praised for that . You know with what sleepless vigilance ...
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Next a line drawn on the ground on either side of said plank and parallel with it , each at the distance of the whole length of the sword and three feet additional from the plank ; and the passing of his own such line by either party ...
Next a line drawn on the ground on either side of said plank and parallel with it , each at the distance of the whole length of the sword and three feet additional from the plank ; and the passing of his own such line by either party ...
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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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