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I am flattered with the personal regard you manifested for me ; but I do hope that , on more mature reflection , you will view the public interest as a paramount consideration , and therefore determine to let the worst come .
I am flattered with the personal regard you manifested for me ; but I do hope that , on more mature reflection , you will view the public interest as a paramount consideration , and therefore determine to let the worst come .
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Similar too is the correct reasoning in regard to the burning of the negro at St. Louis . He had forfeited his life by the perpetration of an outrageous murder opon one of the most worthy and respectable citizens of the city , and had ...
Similar too is the correct reasoning in regard to the burning of the negro at St. Louis . He had forfeited his life by the perpetration of an outrageous murder opon one of the most worthy and respectable citizens of the city , and had ...
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Lincoln's first political action in regard to slavery . ) Resolutions upon the subject of domestic slavery having passed both branches of the General Assembly at its present session , the undersigned hereby protest against the passage ...
Lincoln's first political action in regard to slavery . ) Resolutions upon the subject of domestic slavery having passed both branches of the General Assembly at its present session , the undersigned hereby protest against the passage ...
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You must know that I cannot see you or think of you with entire indifference ; and yet it may be that you are mistaken in regard to what my real feelings toward you are . If I knew you were not , I should not trouble you with this ...
You must know that I cannot see you or think of you with entire indifference ; and yet it may be that you are mistaken in regard to what my real feelings toward you are . If I knew you were not , I should not trouble you with this ...
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Indeed , General Cass's entire silence in regard to these items , in his two long letters urging his claims upon the government , is , to my mind , almost conclusive that no such claims had any real existence .
Indeed , General Cass's entire silence in regard to these items , in his two long letters urging his claims upon the government , is , to my mind , almost conclusive that no such claims had any real existence .
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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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