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Page 16
And thus , from the force of circumstances , the basest principles of our nature were either made to lie dormant , or to become the active agents in the advanceinent of the noblest of causes — that of establishing and maintaining civil ...
And thus , from the force of circumstances , the basest principles of our nature were either made to lie dormant , or to become the active agents in the advanceinent of the noblest of causes — that of establishing and maintaining civil ...
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... they are always correct in principle , whereas the latter are wrong in principle ; and , better to impress this proposition , he uses a figurative expression in these words : “ The Democrats are vulnerable in the heel , but they are ...
... they are always correct in principle , whereas the latter are wrong in principle ; and , better to impress this proposition , he uses a figurative expression in these words : “ The Democrats are vulnerable in the heel , but they are ...
Page 58
... exclude some facts quite as material in my judgment to a just conclusion as any it includes . Although you say at one point “ I shall briefly exhibit facts , and leave each person to perceive the just application of the principles ...
... exclude some facts quite as material in my judgment to a just conclusion as any it includes . Although you say at one point “ I shall briefly exhibit facts , and leave each person to perceive the just application of the principles ...
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He eulogized Mr. Clay in high and beautiful terms , and then declared that we had deserted all our principles , and had turned Henry Clay out , like an old horse , to root . This is terribly severe . It cannot be answered by argument at ...
He eulogized Mr. Clay in high and beautiful terms , and then declared that we had deserted all our principles , and had turned Henry Clay out , like an old horse , to root . This is terribly severe . It cannot be answered by argument at ...
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I think , and shall try to show , that it is wrong - wrong in its direct effect , letting slavery into Kansas and Nebraska , and wrong in its prospective principle , allowing it to spread to every other part of the wide world where men ...
I think , and shall try to show , that it is wrong - wrong in its direct effect , letting slavery into Kansas and Nebraska , and wrong in its prospective principle , allowing it to spread to every other part of the wide world where men ...
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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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