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Page xxiv
... leave nothing rough or uncouth in grammar and rhetoric that would be incompatible with the memory of the great man . The resolution which grew therefore , in the present editor's mind , was to edit a volume of Lincoln's best writings ...
... leave nothing rough or uncouth in grammar and rhetoric that would be incompatible with the memory of the great man . The resolution which grew therefore , in the present editor's mind , was to edit a volume of Lincoln's best writings ...
Page 360
... leave her alone . In some respects she certainly is not my equal ; but in her natural right to eat the bread she earns with her own hands without asking leave of any one else , she is my equal , and the equal of all others . Chief ...
... leave her alone . In some respects she certainly is not my equal ; but in her natural right to eat the bread she earns with her own hands without asking leave of any one else , she is my equal , and the equal of all others . Chief ...
Page 685
... leave them open to white laborers . Logically , there is neither more nor less of it . Emancipation , even without ... leaving an increased part to white laborers , bringing their labor into greater demand , and , consequently ...
... leave them open to white laborers . Logically , there is neither more nor less of it . Emancipation , even without ... leaving an increased part to white laborers , bringing their labor into greater demand , and , consequently ...
Contents
LINCOLNS DEVELOPMENT AS A WRITER | 1 |
Political Announcement | 53 |
of the House of Representatives at Springfield Illinois | 90 |
Copyright | |
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