The Lincoln Encyclopedia: The Spoken and Written Words of A. Lincoln Arranged for Ready ReferenceSpoken and written words of Lincoln arranged for ready reference. Compiled and ed. by A.H. Shaw. |
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Page 62
... duty . - Reply to committee from peace congress , Feb. 24 , 1861. Table Talk , 92 . 2. I take the oath today with no mental reservations , and with no purpose to construe the Constitution or laws by any hypercritical rules . First ...
... duty . - Reply to committee from peace congress , Feb. 24 , 1861. Table Talk , 92 . 2. I take the oath today with no mental reservations , and with no purpose to construe the Constitution or laws by any hypercritical rules . First ...
Page 362
... duties ; but I suppose one of its principles must be to lay a duty for the improvement of any particular harbor upon the tonnage coming into that harbor . . . . If I be right in this , how could we make any entirely new improvement by ...
... duties ; but I suppose one of its principles must be to lay a duty for the improvement of any particular harbor upon the tonnage coming into that harbor . . . . If I be right in this , how could we make any entirely new improvement by ...
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... duty upon the incoming Execu- tive to prevent , if possible , the consummation of such an attempt to destroy the federal Union , a choice of means to that end became indispensable . - Message to Congress , July 4 , 1861. VI , 299 . 8 ...
... duty upon the incoming Execu- tive to prevent , if possible , the consummation of such an attempt to destroy the federal Union , a choice of means to that end became indispensable . - Message to Congress , July 4 , 1861. VI , 299 . 8 ...
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